Meet the Team

Licensed Psychologist | Founder

Dr. Trent Claypool is a licensed psychologist and the founder of Summit Sport Psychology and Tri-Lakes Counseling and Peak Performance. For more than 15 years he has worked with athletes, coaches, and teams at every level, from youth and developmental programs to NCAA, Olympic, and professional competitors.

His work combines mental performance coaching, psychological flexibility, and nervous system regulation, with specialized training in trauma-informed care. He offers both coaching and therapy, and he partners with collegiate athletic departments on team culture.

His goal with every client is the same: help them get free enough to trust themselves, take risks, and enjoy competing again.

Doctor of Clinical Psychology | Psychologist Candidate

Dr. Kaela Parentis works with athletes, high achievers, and anyone whose mind won't seem to quiet down. She helps clients with generalized and performance anxiety, perfectionism, overthinking, self-criticism, stress, and life transitions, along with the particular pressures that come with achieving in sport, school, careers, and everyday life.

She is especially interested in how the mind and body affect each other. Many of her clients feel stress physically, through stomach and GI issues or other somatic symptoms. Together they build a clearer picture of that mind-body connection and develop more flexible, effective ways to respond when stress shows up.

Her style is warm, collaborative, and tailored to each person. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside humanistic and relational approaches. When it fits a client's goals, she may also bring in mindfulness and meditation, hypnotherapy, somatic and yoga-informed practices, and concrete coping and performance skills.

Dr. Parentis provides therapy through Tri-Lakes Counseling and Peak Performance under the supervision of Dr. Trent Claypool, PsyD.