A Network of Executive-Level Psychologists
Built for High-Stakes Leadership
Our nationwide network of executive psychologists brings together deep clinical insight, strategic intelligence, and real-world leadership experience.
Redefining Executive Well-being
Leadership at this level demands more than resilience.
Our experts get that—because they’ve lived it, studied it, and built tools that hold under real pressure.
We don’t stop at resilience. We build the internal architecture leaders need to shape what’s next.
Our Network
Our psychologists are a rare breed—intellectually curious, high-energy, and action-oriented. They bring elite-level expertise to high-stakes environments and thrive on solving the complex challenges leaders face under pressure.
We don’t do one-size-fits-all.
We equip leaders with tools that work under fire, delivering results that matter and impact that lasts. When the pressure is on, our team doesn’t just rise to the occasion—they redefine it.
CEO and Founder
Kristen Tolbert, Ed.D., LPC
Kristen is the CEO and Founder of The ACP Group, where she brings sharp psychological insight to leadership and performance. A corporate psychotherapist and coach, she helps leaders and teams tackle challenges, boost resilience, and thrive under pressure—turning human dynamics into business success.
Kristen has worked with clients across several industries and has spent the past fifteen years engaged in the research, development, and delivery of executive mental health, leadership development, and workplace wellness programs. She spent five years working in-house with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, providing executive coaching and leadership development, and has consulted numerous teams and leaders across various industries, including global professional services firms including MBB strategy consultancies and Big Four accounting firms, Big Law, Big Tech, Banking, healthcare organizations, and entrepreneurial ventures.
Equipped with advanced insights, she integrates modern psychoanalytic principles into her work with organizations and leaders, offering a unique perspective on navigating complex workplace needs.
Her engaging communication style fosters meaningful connections, while her innate ability to read people and situations enables her to tailor solutions with precision. Kristen's approach achieves the perfect balance between reflection and actionable change. That's why her clients dub her their "secret weapon" and repeatedly rely on her expertise.
Kristen has completed the one-year program for modern psychoanalytic training at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis. She holds a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership and a Master's in Counseling Psychology from Nova Southeastern University in Miami.
Founder’s Statement: Why I Built JoinEQ
"I founded JoinEQ because I’ve seen leaders silently drowning in complexity, isolated by their own positions. Traditional executive coaching and wellness weren't just insufficient—they ignored the reality of executive life: frustration, anger, uncertainty, loneliness, and doubt.
Leaders need someone who can genuinely hear them, who can handle their toughest emotions without flinching or anxiously trying to fix it all.
I built JoinEQ not just to solve problems, but to transform how leaders think and feel, empowering them to find their own voice again and lead with extraordinary clarity even in the toughest situations.
We’re relentless in understanding the real human dynamics behind high-stakes leadership. Because clarity, emotional strength, and decisive thinking aren't just skills—they're survival mechanisms in today's volatile world."
— Kristen Tolbert, Founder, JoinEQ
The People Behind the Psychology
We don’t just train leaders. We’ve studied them, worked beside them, and helped recalibrate them from the inside out.
At The ACP Group, our executive psychologists aren’t just credentialed experts—they’re strategic partners who know executive psychology and performance.
Every member of our network brings advanced clinical training, deep organizational insight, and years of experience guiding leaders through the kind of complexity most people only theorize about.
We’ve worked with founders in crisis, managing directors in global firms, and rising executives navigating massive inflection points. Our backgrounds cover psychoanalysis, cognition, executive coaching, and high-stakes leadership development.
And we’ve earned a reputation for seeing what others miss. Not because we talk the talk, but because we understand the psychological architecture of the executive mind. From tough decisions and team dynamics to high-stakes inflection points.
This is grounded psychology built for real people leading under real pressure.
We maintain a rigorous and selective process—bringing in only psychologists with a proven track record of working with high-level professionals.
Our providers are handpicked for their ability to navigate the emotional complexity, psychological demands, and strategic pressure that come with executive life.
We don’t just look for credentials—we look for people who can hold the room, read between the lines, and deliver insight that lands, sticks, and drives change where it matters most.
What Executive Leaders Deserve
Executive Psychology—Built From the Inside Out
Whole-Person Treatment
Leadership doesn’t protect people from being human. Our clients bring everything to the table and we treat all of it. Because the same mind making high-stakes decisions is the one carrying the emotional and psychological load of life.
Tailored Insight for Executive Minds
No worksheets. No one-size-fits-all approach.
We deliver precision-driven psychological insight tailored to each leader’s role, internal architecture, and decision-making demands.
Expertise That Holds Up Under Pressure
Our psychologists bring clinical depth, business acumen, and real-world leadership experience. We work with executive function, emotional complexity, and high-performance strategy.
Empathy Without Soft-Pedaling
We understand pressure—but we don’t coddle.
Our support is honest, attuned, and built to help leaders grow in ways that are both human and high-impact.
Collaboration Without Condescension
Our clients are some of the most capable people in the world.
We treat them that way. Our role is to bring sharp insight and skilled partnership—not ego.
Engaged, Present, Undistracted
We don’t dial it in. Our psychologists are fully present, deeply attuned, and committed to long-term, high-trust partnership.
Authentic Connection, Real Respect
We build trust by listening sharply, responding without judgment, and staying sharp enough to challenge what’s no longer working.
Modern, Evidence-Based Practice
Our methods are grounded in science and sharpened by experience—psychoanalysis, neuroscience, performance psychology, and decades of real executive work.
Respect for Corporate Complexity
We don’t rush to call a workplace “toxic” or advise leaving at the first sign of discomfort.
We help leaders discern, navigate, and respond—equipped with the insight to act on their own terms, and the clarity to know when it’s time.
What We Stand For
We exist because executive leaders carry pressure no one sees.
They deserve partners who see the whole picture—and know how to help them lead through it.
Built for the pressure no one sees.
Designed for leaders who carry it anyway.
The future belongs to those who master human dynamics.
Our executive psychologists are elite-level experts each rigorously vetted for their experience supporting senior leaders and high-performing teams. They're not just clinicians. They’re strategic partners, handpicked for their ability to navigate the complex psychological and interpersonal demands of leadership at the highest level.
Our clients include leaders from McKinsey, Deloitte, EY, the NBA, NFL, The White House, The Senate, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, MIT, Twitter, Meta, Google, Netflix, Apple, Cooley, DLA Piper, and beyond.
