Designed for

Momentum

Impact Minds is a regulation-first mental wellness center where clinical care, neuroscience, movement, and immersive environments work together to support emotional stability, clarity, and long-term resilience. Our approach recognizes that emotional regulation develops through structure, biology, and repeated real-world practice.

• Licensed Clinical Leadership • ntegrated Medical Care • Experiential Innovation

Origin Story

How Impact Minds Began

Many people recognize that something needs to change long before progress actually begins.

They read books. Attend therapy. Have meaningful conversations. Yet the same patterns often continue.

Impact Minds was built to address that gap. Our leadership recognized that lasting progress requires more than conversation alone. Emotional regulation must be practiced, reinforced, and supported through both the mind and the body.

Impact Minds was designed to bring multiple disciplines together in one coordinated system:

Together, these elements create conditions where progress becomes more consistent and sustainable.

Progress requires more than insight; it requires the capacity to act on that insight.

The Four Foundations of Progress

Care at Impact Minds follows a structured framework designed to support steady
growth. Each stage builds on the one before it.

Pillar 01

Stability

Progress begins when the nervous system has predictable structure and safety. Stability slows the pace of overwhelm and creates the conditions where meaningful change can begin.

Pillar 02

Capacity

Growth requires energy. Sleep, nutrition, physical regulation, and neurological stability help restore the biological resources needed for emotional regulation and learning.

Pillar 03

Regulation

Practical tools help individuals remain steady during difficult moments. Regulation skills are practiced repeatedly so they remain accessible when stress appears.

Pillar 04

Ownership

Confidence develops when individuals begin applying skills consistently in daily life. Ownership is where independence and momentum begin to take hold.

Acceleration

Acceleration refers to supportive tools and environments that help progress build more efficiently. It does not replace effort. It strengthens the conditions that allow effort to work.

Methodology

Innovation With Purpose

Impact Minds integrates clinical care, neuroscience tools, movement-based regulation, and immersive environments into a coordinated system designed to strengthen emotional learning and practical skill development.

These tools are applied thoughtfully and only when they support progress and engagement.

This integration helps emotional skills move from conversation into daily application.

Spaces

An Environment Designed for Regulation

Environment shapes how people think, learn, and regulate emotion. Impact Minds was intentionally designed to create calm, structured spaces that support focus, learning, and emotional steadiness.

• Immersive sensory environments • Movement Lab spaces• Collaborative therapy rooms • Quiet reflection areas

Leadership

Meet the Team

Impact Minds is guided by clinicians, specialists, and professionals who share a commitment to thoughtful, structured mental wellness care.

Our team brings together expertise across clinical psychology, neuroscience-informed care, movement regulation, leadership development, and integrated health support. Each professional contributes to a coordinated system designed to strengthen emotional regulation, clarity, and real-world progress.

Care is collaborative.

Individuals benefit from a team that communicates, integrates insight across disciplines, and supports steady progress over time.

Dan Nguyen

Founder & CEO

Tjasa Novak

Chief Experience Architect

Allison Schmidt

Clinic Director

Jake Landis

Co-Founder

Steven Schapiro

Co-Founder

Erin McGuire

Lead Therapist

Janette West

Marketing Director

Amelia D'Avanzo

Care Coordinator

Jacob Kashiwagi

Leadership Expert

Iara Ramirez

Social Media Manager

Jeff Palomares

Clinical Director

For You

What This Means for You

Seeking support does not mean something is broken.

Often it means something is ready to strengthen.

Impact Minds provides a structured environment where people can slow down, regain stability, and begin building momentum again.

Support is not a label.

It is a pathway.