R2 Performance Center
The R2 Performance Center (R2PC) is staffed by a group of professionals consisting of a performance center manager, a program manager (government adviser), a contingent of performance experts (PEs) and administrative support personnel.
PEs are contractors who have a master’s or doctoral degree with a specialized emphasis in sport and/or performance psychology. PEs can help to understand and enhance the mental side of performance, maximize the benefits of training and provide skills and techniques to develop strong teams. R2PC services are for Army active-duty Soldiers, National Guard, Army Reserve, Department of the Army civilians and Family members. Services also extend to other military branches.
Resilience Training
Goal Setting
Identify, plan for and commit to the pursuit of a goal to achieve better performance, sustained motivation and increased effort.
Hunt the Good Stuff
Counter negativity bias and create positive emotion.
Activating Event, Thought, Consequences
Understand how you react to a situation.
Energy Management
Take control of your physical state, bring focus to present and perform more optimally.
Avoid Thinking Traps
Identify and correct counterproductive thinking with mental cues and critical questions.
Detect Icebergs
Identify and evaluate core beliefs and values fueling out-of-proportion emotions/reactions.
Problem Solving
Accurately identify what caused a problem and identify solution strategies.
Put in Perspective
Stop catastrophic thinking by identifying the worst, best and most likely outcomes of a situation.
Mental Games
Change the focus from counterproductive thinking to enable greater concentration.
Real-Time Resilience
Shut down counterproductive thinking to enable greater concentration and focus on the task at hand.
Identify Character Strengths in Self and Others
Build the best of yourself and the best of others.
Character Strengths
Overcome challenges, increase team effectiveness and strengthen leadership
Assertive Communication
Communicate clearly and with respect.
Effective Praise and Active Constructive Responding
Use praise to build mastery and create winning streaks. Respond to good news with interest to build relationships.
Performance Enhancement
Mental Skills Foundation
Learn about the relationship between thoughts, emotions, physical state, and performance and how to leverage this knowledge to your advantage when faced with challenges. Sharpen your thinking processes by identifying how your beliefs may be holding you back and get your thoughts to start working for you, rather than against you.
Goal Setting
Principles to plan, execute and persevere to achieve excellence.
Building Confidence
Practical and effective thinking techniques that develop, sustain, and protect confidence in any situation.
Attention Control
Strategies to direct, sustain, and shift attention on demand for greater concentration and mental agility.
Energy Management
Techniques that enhance efficiency, recovery, and composure under pressure.
Imagery
Practical imagery techniques to enhance skill development, tactical intuition, and automatic skill execution.
Leader Development Course
Recognize and address mental factors necessary for consistently high performance; incorporate mental strategies into deliberate training to maximize leader attributes and accelerate unit excellence.


Academic Performance Training
Strategic blend of study methods which coach learners on how to bring their “A” game and achieve academic success.
Leadership Enhancement Unit Cohesion
Squad Leader Development Course
A two-day course that allows squad leaders the opportunity to critically reflect on their leadership philosophy and learn to employ evidence-based leadership skills.
Great Teams
A series of discussions aimed at solidifying or redefining the unit’s shared philosophy, vision, values, and standards—the components of the unit’s culture.
Counseling Enhancement Workshop
A 2.5-day course focused on enhancing counseling skills and improving relationships in the unit. (Under Revision)
G.R.I.T. - Gaining Resilience in Training
Skills learned in GRIT enable Leaders to build trust with their Soldiers to have difficult conversations and gather accurate, timely information through small-group discussions and informal conversations during inspections, formations, or PT.
Intervention and Prevention
ENGAGE is a way to develop the ability and skill to intervene safely, early, and effectively when something is happening that could potentially have adverse or drastic effects.
ENGAGE Certification Course prepares participants to lead the two-hour Engage training with end users.
ACE-SI Tier 2: Ask, Care, Escort – Suicide Intervention (ACE-SI) training is meant to reinforce key suicide intervention concepts in Army leaders who hold positions of trust to encourage subordinate trust and help-seeking behavior. PEs train Suicide Prevention Professionals to instruct leaders on how to deliver the ACE Base+ training.
Capabilities
Click on the following titles to learn more:
- Individual Mastery
- Deployment Cycle Resilience
- Academic Performance Training
- Squad Leader Development
- Gaining Resilience in Training
- Counseling Enhancement Workshop
- Executive Resilience & Performance
- Great Teams Workshop
- ENGAGE
Location and Hours
Fort Carson R2 Performance Center
1891 Prussman Blvd, Bldg 1843
Fort Carson, CO 80913
719-526-0828
Administrative hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Contact Information
R2PC Program Manager
Sgt. 1st Class Jay Patton
jay.c.patton4.mil@army.mil
Performance Center Manager
Segun Ayodele
segun.d.ayodele.ctr@army.mil
General Clerk
Joleen De Borja
joleen.n.deborja.ctr@army.mil
Resilience Trainer - Performance Experts
Mission Support
Kelly O’Brien: kelly.a.obrien48.ctr@army.mil
Brittany Prijatel: brittany.s.prijatel.ctr@army.mil
Brittany Hawthorne: brittany.l.hawthorne2.ctr@army.mil
Alexis Chapa: alexis.r.chapa.ctr@army.mil
1SBCT
Olivia Bujak: olivia.s.bujak.ctr@army.mil
Kelsey McNulty-Kowal:
kelsey.k.mcnulty-kowal.ctr@army.mil
2SBCT
Connor Gavigan: connor.p.gavigan.ctr@army.mil
Raegan Geldart: raegan.m.geldart2.ctr@army.mil
3ABCT
Garett Westerwelle: garett.h.westerwelle.ctr@army.mil
4CAB
Zane Faulkner: zane.t.faulkner.ctr@army.mil
Cam Owens: cameron.c.owens3.ctr@army.mil
4DSB
Dr. Kelly Dantin: kelly.b.dantin.ctr@army.mil
Jason Kemp: jason.k.kemp2.ctr@army.mil
Family and Morale, Welfare & Recreation
