Eric Potterat, Ph.D.

Eric Potterat, Ph.D., has served as the Head Psychologist for the Navy SEALs for the last 9 years. He is considered one of the leading experts in individual and organizational resilience, high performance teamwork and performance enhancement in high-risk operational occupations. Eric focuses his research and practice on stress resilience, decision-making under stress, mental toughness training, and elite human performance in extreme environments.  He is also credited for developing and implementing the Mental Toughness Training Program for the Navy SEALs and embedding it into their training pipeline.