Dr. Steven Palmer is the Founder & Managing Director

Present Mind Counseling and Coaching- PMCC

Managing Director and Global Psychological Consultant 

With over 25 years of experience spanning clinical psychology, psychotherapy/counseling, international education, and advanced transpersonal frameworks, Dr. Steven Palmer offers an elite, concierge approach to mental wellness, high-stakes performance, and personal transformation. As the founder of Present Mind Counseling & Coaching (PMCC), Dr. Palmer serves a highly vetted, global clientele—including public figures in entertainment, professional sports, and executive leadership—who require absolute confidentiality, formidable psychological strategy, and deeply individualized support.

The Clinical Coaching Paradigm

While traditional coaching focuses merely on tactical goals and accountability, Dr. Palmer utilizes an elite hybrid model that bridges the gap between deep psychological sophistication and forward-looking, high-performance execution. By stripping away the constraints of traditional medical-deficit diagnoses, he treats high-functioning clients not as patients to be "fixed," but as individuals to be optimized. His extensive background allows him to look "under the hood" of human behavior—identifying and dismantling the deep-seated subconscious blocks, cognitive distortions or loops, and behavioral patterns that cause self-sabotage, while driving his clients strictly toward tangible, real-world breakthroughs.

A Global & Clinical Foundation

Dr. Palmer’s professional journey is defined by a unique breadth of experience. Having lived and worked as an educator and counselor in Dubai, UAE, he brings a profound cross-cultural competency to his global practice.  His clinical foundation is exceptionally rigorous and in-depth. He has spent nearly two decades training and treating high-functioning anxiety, complex trauma (C-PTSD), personality disorders, and substance abuse and addiction, as well as conducting specialized psychometric testing for U.S. Veterans and school districts. This deep clinical "under-the-hood" knowledge allows him to navigate the most challenging psychological landscapes with precision and ease, consistently delivering outcomes that surpass standard clinical averages for high-achieving populations.  This deep clinical precision allows him to navigate the most challenging psychological landscapes with ease, consistently delivering outcomes that surpass standard coaching averages for high-achieving populations.

The Concierge & Global Advisory Model

Recognizing the unpredictable and demanding lifestyles of high-net-worth individuals, couples, and families, Dr. Palmer operates entirely outside traditional institutional frameworks. He provides unparalleled operational flexibility, offering seamless virtual optimization alongside specialized, intensive in-person concierge assignments nationwide and abroad. Whether embedded on-site, traveling with clients on international tours, or advising families through an acute crisis, Dr. Palmer possesses the cross-border mobility to meet his clients exactly where they are geographically and psychologically.

The Transpersonal & "Co-Explorer" Philosophy

Dr. Palmer’s methodology transcends the traditional, often stigmatized, clinical diagnosis. He views himself as a "co-explorer" of the client’s narrative. By blending Personal Construct Psychology (PCP) with Cognitive Behavioral Coaching (CBC), REBT, Gestalt, MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) techniques and Transpersonal Psychology, he moves beyond symptom management to restoring a client’s ultimate personal agency and confidence. His individual coaching integrates a sophisticated Transpersonal-Mindset framework—utilizing introspection, meta-cognition, and the spiritual and transcendent aspects of the human experience to foster deep, lasting alignment across mind, body, and soul.

Direct, Personable, Intuitive

Known for a style that is direct yet patient, professional, and personable, Dr. Palmer combines keen intuition with the deep wisdom of a life dedicated to studying human nature and behavior. He is highly flexible and adaptive, tailoring his interventions to the rapid-fire demands of his clients' environments. Whether navigating a high-stakes career transition, reducing acute performance anxiety, guiding an individual, family or couple through a crisis, managing the heavy pressures of managing fame, a business, distress or healing from ancestral trauma, clients find Dr. Palmer to be a compassionate, non-judgmental advocate and a formidable strategist for complete resolution.

Academic & Professional Credentials

• Psy.D. (Doctorate) in Clinical Psychology

• M.A. in Psychology

• B.A. in English Literature

• Extensive formal study and international practice in Transpersonal and Personal Construct Psychology, and Global Cultural Dynamics.