Endorsements and Testimonials
Endorsements and Testimonials
“…it felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders.”
Bryce Bevill, one of the Jets’ player development staff members, noticed Cashman’s attitude and urged him to visit the team’s therapist, Dr. Derek Suite. “The first session was very positive,” Cashman said. “I started expressing how I was feeling, and I told [Suite] I didn’t like being upset every day and the hardest part was knowing it’s out of my control, but I was still allowing that to affect me. He just was very encouraging. And when we got done with that first meeting, it felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders.”
Source: ESPN
Blake Cashman
Linebacker, Houston Texans
“Suites provides support like no other –and is an invaluable asset…”
I have personally known and worked with Suites for several years and can attest to the excellent quality of his unique, holistic approach as an elite mental performance coach and a powerful motivational and healing resource capable of generating impressive and extraordinary results. Suites provides support like no other –and is an invaluable asset, especially in those challenging moments. He is my first call on anything related to mental performance on and off the court.
David Fizdale
Associate General Manager, Utah Jazz
“Doctor Suite mental health, mental therapy, all the visualizations. (Thanks to that), I was able to come back and play.”
I remember walking into the Knicks and not being able to stand up straight. I thought my career was over before I even got to the Knicks. I was just hoping that I could walk, literally, when I got there. I think New York helped me with my imagination and helped me with my mind. The doctors that believed in me; they just surrounded me with like everything that I needed: medical care, mental care, physical therapy. It was really the medical team, the training staff, I learned the value of both of them. Doctor Suite mental health, mental therapy, all the visualizations. (Thanks to that), I was able to come back and play.
Source: Yahoo Sports
Baron Davis
Former NBA Player, New York Knicks
“He is the ultimate secret weapon…”
“Dr. Suite aka “SUITES” is the rare combination of a great person and a great doctor. What I appreciate most about his work is the spiritual perspective he can offer to athletes who see the need for the pursuit of total well being, and the importance of faith in their performance.
Suites’ has a unique way of bringing together the medical, psychological and spiritual dimensions of any situation to help unlock untapped potential, or discover creative and innovative solutions to any problem or challenge an athlete may face. He is the ultimate secret weapon when it comes to achieving peak performance and has the trust and respect of many coaches and athletes.”
Allan Houston
Assistant General Manager, New York Knicks
“Suites is one-stop shopping for mental performance.”
“I would entrust any player to Suites because he is an extremely competent, detailed, reliable, and knowledgeable doctor who genuinely cares about the athlete as a person. Suites’ has a lot of experience handling athletes and has a disarming quality that gets through to the toughest veterans. I like the quality of his expert observations and professional insights on difficult players. I also like that he is able to offer on the spot recommendations on how to navigate complex scenarios.
Most of all, I like that Suites is one-stop shopping for mental performance. If an athlete needs sleep medications, has ADD, needs individual counseling, needs marriage counseling, or any other intervention, Suites, as a medical doctor and a sports psychiatrist, can help that athlete on all fronts. And he is always easygoing, professional, diplomatic, and confidential. Suites never wants the credit, and likes to work in the background–and knows how to stay in his lane–which makes him even more valuable in my opinion. ”
Anthony Lynn
Former Head Coach, Los Angeles Chargers
“I appreciate his experience, strength, and hope…
he can add value to your program.”
“Dr.Suite has been a colleague of mine for over 5 years. We have shared insight and experience on a host of topics, issues, behaviors, challenges, and opportunities at the personal and professional levels. I appreciate his experience, strength and hope that he has graciously shared with me over the years. He can add value to your program as well.”
Clint Hurdle
Manager, Pittsburgh Pirates
“I appreciate his experience, strength, and hope…he can add value to your program.”
“Dr.Suite has been a colleague of mine for over 5 years. We have shared insight and experience on a host of topics, issues, behaviors, challenges, and opportunities at the personal and professional levels. I appreciate his experience, strength and hope that he has graciously shared with me over the years. He can add value to your program as well.”
Clint Hurdle
Manager, Pittsburgh Pirates
“… among the very best high performance coaches in the business.”
“I have seen first hand the consistently excellent results of Dr. Suite’s work and consider him among the very best high performance coaches in the business. He is a sensitive, well informed and highly skilled performance consultant — and a wonderful human being!”
Glen Grunwald
President & CEO / Canada Basketball
“… a masterful understanding of human psychology”
“Dr. Suite has extraordinary interpersonal skills and a masterful understanding of human psychology and group dynamics. I trust his work and consider him an invaluable resource. He will contribute immediate value to individuals, organizations, and leaders seeking a transformative experience.”
Rhan Bailey, M.D.
Board Chairman, The Cobb Institute / Former President, NMA
“… committed to helping leaders and high level performers find mental healing and psychological balance.”
“Dr. Suite is a truly gifted and talented physician. He is erudite, analytical, and intellectual–yet warm, inviting, humble, and compassionate. Dr. Suite is committed to helping leaders and high level performers find mental healing and psychological balance. He and his team are experts at using behavioral and cognitive science that is informed and enhanced by knowledge of scripture. The reliable success of Full Circle’s confidential approach to restoration is why so many leaders and ministers (and their doctors) trust and rely Dr. Suite and his empathetic team”
Lynne Holden, M.D.
Professor, Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Vice-Chair, Diversity and Inclusion, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, EM Section Chair, National Medical Association, President, Mentoring in Medicine, Inc.
“… consistently high level of trustworthiness, commitment, and sheer excellence.”
“I am delighted to endorse the outstanding work of my good friend and colleague, Dr. Suite and the Full Circle Confidential team. They have great experience and skill in healing the unique mental and emotional wounds of individuals and families within faith and leadership communities. It is impressive to find a program with this unique intervention focus for leaders and even more impressive to bear witness to Full Circle’s consistently high level of trustworthiness, commitment, and sheer excellence.”
Linda Lausell Bryant, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor
NYU Silver School of Social Work
Co-author, A Guide for Sustaining Conversations on Racism, Identity, And Our Mutual Humanity
“… remarkabale ability to provide wholistic healing, counseling, and treatment for troubled ministers and embattled leaders…”
“I am familiar and have been directly involved as a collaborative partner with Dr. Suite and the Full Circle team. Their remarkable ability to provide wholistic healing, counsel and treatment for troubled ministers and embattled leaders within our community is without parallel. They have earned my highest regard, unqualified trust, and utmost respect. Dr. Suite and Full Circle Confidential are an invaluable and hard-to-find resource. “
Rev. Willard W.C. Ashley, Sr. MDiv, DMin
Pastor, Abundant Joy Community Church, Jersey City, NJ
Trustee and Overseer, Newton Seminary
Yale Divinity School,
Trustee & Faculty Member New Jersey Institute for the Training of Psychoanalysis
“I admire their commitment to include scriptural principles…”
“I have personally entrusted individuals in complex situations with complex needs to Dr. Suite and the Full Circle team. I admire their commitment to include scriptural principles as part of their evidence-based approach to healing and restoring leaders and their families. Dr.Suite’s Full Circle team is my first choice when I need to refer, especially for advanced mental care and clinical treatment that is Christ-centered.”
Dr. Janet Lerner, Ph.D. LCSW
Founder & Director
Restoration & Healing, Inc.
Minister, Bethel Gospel Assembly
“… his results are transformative and lasting.”
“Dr. Suite has an amazing ability to communicate to a multi-ethnic and multi-generational audience. His results are transformative and lasting. I would highly recommend his expertise to any faith-based or highly respectable organizations. “
Shino Prater
Pastor / Every Nation Church NYC
“… gifted with the understanding of a man’s Soul and Spirit.”
“What a privilege to partner with Dr. Suite. What an Incredibly compassionate an understanding doctor gifted with the understanding of a man’s Soul and Spirit. Dr. Suite is not a man of knowledge alone but a man of great wisdom and discernment. Dr Suite and his Full Circle team are able to help rebuild the broken and help the weak find their inner strength.”
Pastor Kevin Cooper
NBA chaplain, New York Knicks
CEO, Soldados de Cristo PR
“… an extraordinary healing resource”
“Dr. Suite’s Confidential Circle is an extraordinary healing resource–a secret circle of mental recovery and recalibration for leaders in the faith community and beyond. In this Circle, overwhelmed leaders will find biological and psychological restoration from a refreshing blend of spiritual and scientific counseling and interventions that are rarely found in mainstream wellness programs. Leaders in need of help will find that this Full Circle recovery program offers compassion-filled treatment that reconnects, renews and restores the mind, body, and spirit. “
Rev. Dr. Cedric C. Johnson, PhD
Assistant Director of Training, Redeemer City to City
Director and Founder, The Kinetic Center
Fmr. Associate Professor, Pastoral Theology and Congregational Care, Wesley Theological Seminary
“He knows exactly how to help you…”
“The pressures and demands on an actor is no joke and being able to find just the right person to mentally support you on your journey is just as important as getting that next role. Dr. Suite is a master counselor, master mental performance coach and master physician who understands the unique life stressors, demands and rigors of the entertainment business. He knows exactly how to help you…help you keep mentally and emotionally on point so that you are focused, motivated, encouraged, and spiritually balanced when it counts.”
Kevin Mambo
Daytime Emmy Awardee
“No shame in his mental game which saves lives…”
“Brilliant. Conscientious. Charming. Sensitive. Psychiatrically Savvy.
These are just a few words that come to mind over the years when I think of how Dr. Suite masterfully picks up the mental pieces and ever so gently puts his clients back together with meticulous attentiveness so they can perform with integrity, courage, verve, and panache. No stigma and no shame in his mental game, which saves careers –more importantly, saves lives. Please experience him! You will not regret the encounter. “
Michael Potts
Professional Actor
“He’s a renaissance man that believes everyone can renew their passions and achieve success!”
“Anyone who wishes to tap into their abilities to execute at a high level should spend some time with Dr. Suite. His clients appreciate his sensitivity and compassion. He is excellent at helping leaders
establish attainable and growth-centered goals. He’s a renaissance man that believes everyone can renew their passions and achieve success!”
Roderick Dixon
International Opera Singer
“They are a fantastic think tank and amazing problem solvers…”
“You would be hard pressed to find a more knowledgeable, qualified, and competent group of mental performance professionals than Dr. Suite and the Full Circle team. They are a fantastic think tank and amazing problem solvers. I have them on speed dial and you should too!”
Bill Burgos
Head Strength & Conditioning Coach, Minnesota Timberwolves
“He and the Full Circle team are making a difference to many people…”
“Dr. Suite’s random acts of kindness, and willingness to go far beyond to help anyone is a true testimony to his soul. He and the Full Circle team are making a difference to many people. We are fortunate and blessed to have him in our lives. ”
Layon Gray
American Playwright
“A top-notch peak performance resource and highly recommend their services…”
“At the elite level of competition, it’s about mastering the mental game. Dr. Suite and the Full Circle team have my full respect. I consider this group a top-notch peak performance resource and highly recommend their services”
Alister Walker
World Class Squash Player
“… his insight is invaluable.”
“I’ve had the opportunity to consult with Dr. Suite on cases and his insight is invaluable. He has extensive experience working with a diverse client population including elite athletes and performers. Dr. Suite values a multi-disciplinary approach collaborating with other healthcare providers like neuropsychology and primary care physicians, to develop an individualized treatment plan to meets each client’s unique needs.”
Deborah N. Roche, Ph.D.
Counseling Psychologist