A Network of Executive-Level Psychologists
Built for High-Stakes Leadership
Our nationwide network of executive psychologists combines deep psychological insight, strategic intelligence, and real-world leadership experience.
We partner with the leaders who operate where pressure is highest. Our executive psychologists combine strategic insight with psychological depth to help them think, decide, and lead with clarity
Our Network
Our psychologists are a rare breed—intellectually curious, high-energy, and action-oriented. They bring elite expertise to high-stakes environments, solving the challenges that define modern leadership.
We equip leaders with tools that work when it counts, delivering results and lasting impact. Our team doesn’t just rise to challenges—they redefine them.
Founder
Kristen Tolbert, Ed.D., LPC
Kristen is the Founder of The ACP Group, where she blends sharp psychological insight with leadership strategy and performance. A corporate psychotherapist and coach, she helps leaders and teams tackle challenges, strengthen resilience, and achieve clarity—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. Her career includes five years in-house with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and consulting with leaders across industries, including global professional services firms (MBB consultancies and Big Four accounting), Big Law, Big Tech, banking, healthcare, 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 This
"I founded this work because I’ve seen leaders navigating unseen complexity, often isolated by the weight of their roles.
Traditional solutions miss the mark. They either sidestep the emotional undercurrents of leadership or oversimplify them with surface fixes. But leadership isn’t smooth; it’s messy, deeply personal, and often misunderstood.
Leaders don’t need surface-level advice. They need to track the deeper patterns and support that can handle their sharpest emotions, absorb intensity, hear the signal beneath the noise, and create space for realignment.
This platform was built to transform how leaders think and feel, helping them reclaim their grounding, strengthen their thinking, and lead with extraordinary clarity in even the hardest moments.
We’re building something different. Something sharp, strong, and intelligent enough to meet leaders where they truly are."
— Kristen Tolbert
The People Behind the Psychology
We don’t just support leaders. We’ve studied them, worked beside them, and helped recalibrate them from the inside out.
Every member of our network brings advanced training, deep insight, and years of experience guiding leaders through the kind of complexity most people only theorize about.
We are strategic partners and analysts who know executive psychology and performance.
We’ve worked with founders in crisis, managing directors in global firms, and rising executives navigating massive inflection points. Our backgrounds cover depth psychology, cognition, executive coaching, and high-stakes leadership development.
And we’ve earned a reputation for seeing what others miss because we understand the psychological architecture of the executive mind. From tough decisions and team dynamics to high-stakes inflection points.
Our psychologists are trained to balance insight with action. Whether a client needs immediate tools or deeper exploration, our team adapts the approach to match urgency, personality, and context.
Psychology Partners for Executive Minds
We maintain a rigorous, selective process, bringing in only psychologists with a proven track record of working with high-level minds.
We look for the masters 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 checklists. 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 depth, business acumen, and real-world leadership experience. We work with executive function, emotional complexity, and high-performance strategy.
Empathy Without Fluff
Our support is honest, attuned, and built to create growth that’s 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.
Engaged, Present, Undistracted
We don’t dial it in. Our psychologists are fully present, deeply attuned, and committed to long-term, high-trust partnerships.
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 push leaders to exit at the first sign of strain.
We help them discern, navigate, and act with clarity on their terms.
What We Stand For
We exist because executive leaders carry pressure no one sees. They deserve partners who understand the full picture and know how to help them lead through it.
Leadership at This Level Demands More.
Our executive psychologists have guided thousands of leaders in high-stakes roles, combining clinical expertise, business intelligence, and practical leadership experience. Trusted by leaders from McKinsey, Deloitte, EY, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, The White House, Cooley, DLA Piper, NBA and NFL, Google, Netflix, Harvard, MIT, Yale, and more—we know how to navigate complexity from the inside out.
