Executive Psychologists Who Know Your World
Our executive psychologists pair clinical depth with operating experience. They speak the language of enterprise, manage high-stakes environments, and have worked inside the nation's high-performing cultures. We offer a shared methodology and a selective bench, so the rigor a professional gets doesn't depend on which of us is in the room.
One Standard, Across the Entire Network
A selective bench. We look for a rare combination of clinical training, real operating experience, and the composure to sit across from a leader under real pressure.
A shared method. Every engagement runs on a framework for surfacing patterns and translating insight into action.
Built to compound. What we have learned across thousands of leaders has sharpened how every practitioner works.
The People Behind Your Leaders
We've spent our careers inside the minds—and alongside the lives—of leaders.
Our practitioners bring together executive psychology, psychotherapy, leadership development, organizational consulting, and lived experience inside high-pressure environments. We've supported founders in crisis, managing directors at global firms, and rising executives and operators navigating major inflection points.
Our psychologists match psychological insight with action. Whether a client needs in-the-moment tactical support or deeper developmental work, we adapt to the urgency, the personality, and the system.
We’ve earned a reputation for results because we understand the psychological architecture of the executive mind. We've helped leaders make difficult decisions, navigate complex team dynamics, and lead through moments of extreme pressure and change.
Founder
Kristen Tolbert, Ed.D., LPC
Kristen built The ACP Group on a conviction: leaders deserve real depth, not a generic playbook. A corporate psychotherapist and executive coach, she blends sharp psychological insight with leadership strategy, helping leaders tackle challenges, strengthen resilience, and achieve clarity—turning human dynamics into business success.
Over twenty-five years across industries, the last fifteen in the research, development, and delivery of executive psychology work, she has partnered with leaders inside global professional-services firms, Big Law, Big Tech, banking, law, and healthcare — including five years in-house with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
She integrates modern psychoanalytic principles with a clinician-operator's lens, holds a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership and a Master's in Counseling Psychology, and completed modern psychoanalytic training at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis.
Her ability to read people and situations lets her tailor solutions with precision, striking the balance between reflection and real change — which is why clients call her their "secret weapon." It's also why we built systems to scale the work, recruited people who share the mission, and keep evolving. We love what we do.
How We Work
Whole-Person Partnerships. Leadership doesn't make anyone less human. The same mind making high-stakes decisions is the one carrying real emotional and psychological load — we work with all of it.
Tailored, not templated. No worksheets, no checklists, no one-size-fits-all. We deliver insight built around each leader's role, internal architecture, and decision demands.
Rigorous, not patronizing. Our clients are among the most capable people in the world; we treat them that way while bringing experience and partnership.
Evidence-based, sharpened by experience. Grounded in psychoanalysis, neuroscience, and clinical and performance psychology, and proven across decades of executive work.
We Understand the Culture. The leaders we work with don't have to explain what an up-or-out culture does to a person, or how a Big Four review cycle shapes a decision under pressure. Our psychologists have operated inside these worlds, so we can get right to work.
Leadership at This Level Demands More
That work includes the most demanding environments in the country — leaders from top management consultancies and Big Four firms, federal institutions including the SEC and senior government staff, academia, professional sports, aerospace, and leading technology companies.
