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Practical behavioral science for work, life, and health

Reboot Science provides behavioral science consulting plus telehealth mental health care, Performance & Wellness Coaching, and small business support. Serving Hawaii, Oregon, Maryland, and Washington, DC.

Who We Help With Behavioral Science Consulting

Psychiatric Mental Health Care Reboot Behavioral Science

Psychiatric/Mental Health Care (Telehealth)

Evidence-based psychiatric care for people who want clarity, stability, and practical change — not just symptom management. Available via telehealth for clients located in Oregon.
Common focus areas: ADHD, anxiety, depression, burnout, work/school performance, performance anxiety.

Executive Counseling Reboot Behavioral Science

Performance & Wellness Coaching

A flexible, confidential support option for leadership and teams — designed to fit your culture and reduce friction in how people work. Often used as a modern EAP alternative that is more integrated and easier to use.

Small Business Startup Consulting Reboot Behavioral Science

Small Business & Startup Consulting

Behavioral science + practical operations for founders and owners who need a clearer way to lead, prioritize, and execute.

What Makes Our Behavioral Science Consulting Different

We focus on systems, not slogans.

  • Clear goals and realistic steps
  • Tools you can use in daily life and at work
  • A bias toward practical, testable changes
  • Support that respects privacy, context, and culture

The Process

How it works

Step 1

Choose the path that fits

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Psychiatric care, Performance & Wellness Coaching, or business consulting.

Step 2

Start with a first conversation

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We clarify goals, what’s happening now, and what “better” needs to look like.

Step 3

Build a plan you can follow

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A plan that is realistic with your life, your workload, and your constraints.
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Brett Darin Howard, PhD, APRN

Founder, Behavioral Science Consultant & Healthcare Provider

About the founder

Where Clinical Care Meets Workplace & Life Performance

Brett founded Reboot Behavioral Science in 2015 to bridge two worlds that rarely meet—mental health care and performance. His approach combines evidence-based clinical care with strategies that help people and organizations thrive in the real world.


With master’s and doctoral degrees in Consulting Organizational Psychology and a master’s in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing, Brett offers a rare blend of organizational consulting, Performance & Wellness Coaching, and licensed mental health care. His experience spans roles with Hawaii News Now, Booz Allen Hamilton, and ALTRES Staffing, where he coaches leaders and small businesses through the ALTRES Leadership Academy.

An adjunct professor at Chaminade University and medical staff member at The Queen’s Medical Center, Brett integrates psychiatric medicine, performance coaching, and organizational psychology to address ADHD, anxiety, depression, burnout, and more. After three years in inpatient psychiatry and nearly a decade in private practice, he now serves clients across OR, HI, MD, and DC from his home base in Portland, Oregon.

FAQs

Got Questions?

Whether you’re considering support for yourself, your team, or your business, here’s a few things to help you get started.

Who do you work with?
Clinically, we work with late adolescents and adults, and our organizational work is designed to serve leaders, entrepreneurs, teams, and small business owners. Our clients include students and professionals in high-demand roles, entrepreneurs, and individuals looking to align their actions with what matters most—whether that’s at work, in sports, or in daily life.
We provide evidence-based care for ADHD, anxiety, depression, burnout, and other challenges that affect focus, motivation, and resilience. Treatment may include psychotherapy, skills coaching, and thoughtful medication management. Our psychotherapy approach is behaviorist and grounded in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT).

Performance & Wellness Coaching is designed to enhance performance, leadership, and adaptability in professional settings—not to diagnose or treat mental health conditions. It’s a proactive, skills-based process that helps people respond effectively to stress—both inside and outside the workplace—build resilience, and pursue meaningful goals, even in high-pressure environments. While the service is offered to an organization’s employees, it can also address the non-clinical side of personal challenges, such as navigating a health scare, improving relationships, or coping with loss. When an issue would be better served by licensed clinical care, we connect individuals with trusted healthcare providers in the community.

We help small business owners improve team dynamics, leadership effectiveness, and workplace well-being—while also coaching on the mental demands of running a business. For entrepreneurs, we focus on sustaining motivation, sharpening decision-making, building a leader identity, and knowing when to delegate or let go.

Performance & Wellness Coaching is confidential, structured support for leaders and teams focused on decision-making, performance, communication, and resilience. It’s often used as an EAP alternative that is more integrated into how a company works.

It depends on the service. Psychiatric/mental health care is clinical care. Performance & Wellness Coaching is structured support for work-related problems and leadership performance. Small business consulting focuses on business systems and execution.

Psychiatric care is available via telehealth. If medication is appropriate, we’ll discuss it as one part of a broader plan.
Telehealth psychiatric services are available for clients located in Oregon, Maryland, and Washington, DC.
Many clients use out-of-network reimbursement. You can request a superbill to submit to your insurance provider.

Use the contact page to reach out. We’ll help route you to the right service and next step.

If you’re in immediate danger or need urgent help, call your local emergency number or go to your nearest emergency room.

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Testimonials

What Our Consulting and Performance & Wellness Coaching 
Clients Say

We’re grateful for the trust our clients place in us—whether they’re leading large teams or running their own business. These words, shared by those we’ve partnered with through our Performance & Wellness Coaching and Small Business & Entrepreneur Consulting services, speak to the progress they’ve made and the dedication they’ve brought to the work.

Temple Morris, LCSW-CTrue North Therapy & Training
Brett brings a rare combination of warmth and thoughtfulness to his practice, taking genuine time with each client to understand their unique needs. As a prescriber, he demonstrates exceptional care in listening to patient concerns and thoroughly explaining treatment options. What sets Brett apart is his commitment to avoiding over-prescription—instead, he takes a holistic, integrative approach to medication management that considers the whole person. His background as a trained therapist significantly enhances his prescribing practice, giving him deeper insight into the therapeutic process and enabling him to provide more comprehensive, nuanced care.
Lisa Coyne, PhDFounder & Chief Executive Officer New England Center For OCD and Anxiety™
Of the organizational consultants with whom I have worked, there is none I trust more with complex and delicate corporate issues than Brett Howard. He is incredibly skilled, has been sensitive and responsive to our unique needs, and brings to bear the full weight of his years of experience to every interaction. Moreover, he is a pleasure with whom to work, and brings humor and compassion to the table every time we meet. I could not recommend him more highly.
Katie PickmanGeneral Manager, Hawaii News Now
Brett’s Performance & Wellness Coaching were instrumental in guiding Hawaii News Now through a particularly challenging few years. Through both group and one-on-one performance coaching, he helped us set clear goals for our rapidly evolving industry, rooted in wellness, align as a team, and move forward with greater harmony and focus. His thoughtful approach not only strengthened our performance but also reinforced the collaborative spirit that defines our culture.
Jenna LeJeune PhDPresident, Portland Psychotherapy Clinic, Research, and Training Center
Dr. Howard's rare combination of clinical expertise as a nurse practitioner and deep knowledge in Organizational psychology makes him a tremendous resource in both healthcare and business settings. As a professional trainer, he is incredibly engaging and has a gift for delivering material in a way that is both thorough and accessible. I’ve also personally benefited from his thoughtful business consultation. He brings a grounded, compassionate approach to medication management and a sharp, practical lens to organizational challenges. I would wholeheartedly recommend him to clients seeking a balanced, knowledgeable clinician as well as to colleagues in need of wise, effective consultation.
Jason B. Luoma, PhDCo-Founder, Perspective Retreats 
Brett’s blend of nurse practitioner experience and business consulting gives him a powerful skill set to enhance performance in a holistic manner. As a nurse practitioner, he’s calm, encouraging, thoughtful, and communicates clearly with patients and teams. In the realm of business consulting, he helped us with website strategy where he provided focused input alongside guidance on practical next steps.
Dennis LucarelliFounder & CEO of Error Corp
Tech founders often find themselves trapped in the belief that their company is moving too slowly, burning through money too quickly, and demanding endless hours. Working with Brett has helped me identify and strengthen my core values and reconnect with my original intention for creating the company. He's guided me in developing leadership skills and concrete behaviors that authentically manifest those values in my daily work. While the relentless demands of startup leadership don't disappear, Brett has equipped me to stay true to my values and lead with clear intention.

Featured Clients

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Blogs

Field Notes From a Restart

At Reboot Behavioral Science, we bring science-backed solutions to where life and work intersect. Whether you’re seeking mental health care, performance coaching, or strategies to strengthen your business, our approach is personalized and practical.

The Productivity of Low Hanging Fruit Reboot Behavioral Science

Case Study: Performance and Wellness Coaching Program (2025 Outcomes)

I sometimes joke that I’m on career number 17. The real count is much lower, but I’ve certainly spent enough time changing paths to know the feeling of being “between roles”—whether that’s unemployed, underemployed, or just stuck in a job that doesn’t feel like it fits.
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Lean Management for Small Business: Why Reboot Behavioral Science (RBS) Relies on It Most

If productivity were a superfood smoothie, mine would be blended entirely from low-hanging fruit (LHF). Not because I’ve already plucked the juicier, more ambitious tasks, but because anything that isn’t LHF—say, finally learning the correct use of an ellipsis—gets permanently exiled to my “someday” list.
  • Small Business & Startup Consulting

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The Productivity of Low Hanging Fruit Reboot Behavioral Science

The Productivity of Low-Hanging Fruit

If productivity were a superfood smoothie, mine would be blended entirely from low-hanging fruit (LHF). Not because I’ve already plucked the juicier, more ambitious tasks, but because anything that isn’t LHF—say, finally learning the correct use of an ellipsis—gets permanently exiled to my “someday” list.
  • Small Business & Startup Consulting

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