Across the country, student-athletes face increasing pressure from academics, competition, recruitment, and social expectations. Career Connects partners with Dr. Robert La bril.

Dr. La Bril, MD is a double board-certified Adult, Child & Adolescent psychiatrist and Director of Outpatient Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Englewood Physician Health Network in New Jersey. He also serves as Director of Child, Adolescent & Adult Behavioral Health & Wellness at Full Circle Confidential and is a Community Faculty Member at the Yale Child Study Center.

Dr. La Bril completed advanced training at Yale University and maintains academic ties to Princeton and Columbia. His clinical work focuses on peak performance, educational advocacy, neurodevelopment, mood, and anxiety disorders, trauma, and the mental health needs of highly intelligent and neurodiverse youth.

In addition to his clinical and academic roles, Dr. Labril has provided psychiatric consultation for high level executives, including work in elite athletic settings, such as Professional Football, and frequently advises schools, parents, churches, sports and healthcare organizations on mental performance and leadership psychology.