About the author

Christopher Missimo

<p>My name is Christopher Missimo. My story begins around age five&nbsp;when I was diagnosed with ADHD, Bi-Polar, Conduct Disorder, and Oppositional Defiance Disorder. The summarized version includes 10&nbsp;years of therapy, 13 years of medication,&nbsp;and multiple inpatient hospital stays. The longest hospital stay was three&nbsp;months in an institution in Austin, Texas. This hospital hosted children and adolescents with severe mental illness. For example, my roommate was a positive schizophrenic, meaning he had vivid hallucinations, of which I would rather not describe here. During this time, the state of Texas was also attempting to take me away from my mother who was a single parent of 2 boys at the time. They failed in this attempt, due in large part to a team of mental health experts that fought on my behalf. Back then I was not expected to attend college, hold a successful job, or engage in a healthy intimate relationship. I went on to obtain my degree in Psychology with a minor in Rhetoric and Argumentation from Baylor University a year early with a major GPA of 3.95 and a minor GPA of 4.0 I followed this by obtaining a Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Sam Houston State where I also graduated a year early with a GPA of 4.0.&nbsp;I am currently a therapist/marketing director for a&nbsp;private practice in Texas and the owner of Missimo Motivation.&nbsp;I currently specialize in working with athletes/gamers, anger, and relationships for adolescents and young adults. However, I do see ages 8 and up with a variety of concerns across the board.&nbsp;<br>​​​​​​​<br></p><p>I created this model&nbsp;during my graduate studies as I sought to discover a preventative and active care system for athletes. This turned into what is now a life-long project to bring RAMP, which stemmed in large part from health/exercise psychology and sports psychology, to different populations at the individual and group levels. It's something that I personally wish I had growing up as a road map for my goals. The various struggles I faced mentally would have been much easier to navigate with the proper map that my family and I could follow together. I want everyone to take the RAMP to success. We can achieve the performance and health we desire with the right plan.</p>