For years I have kept my eye on the horizon and brought two friends with me: fortitude and patience. Believing all along that the time will come when there is a demand for a new approach to behavioral health. The time is now, for emotional well-being to be understood as a right not a privilege. Behavioral Fitness™ is a new approach for all of us to work better together.

Dr. Allyson Mayo, DBH, the  Founder of Behavioral Fitness™, has 20+ years of experience working with inpatient psychiatric service providers, homeless services, addiction treatment centers, integrated healthcare quality and process improvement, and Fortune 100 companies. Dr. Mayo has developed groundbreaking tools, programs, lectures, and workshops based not only on her vast professional experience but also on her own extraordinary journey that started as a curious teen who left her family and everything familiar to find herself. And did she ever. But that’s another story for another time. Or perhaps a book. Dr. Mayo is a Doctor of Behavioral Health and an industry expert educating on how to prescribe “Lifestyle Medicine” for the root causes of maladaptive behaviors. Through her revolutionary approach to Behavioral Fitness, she carves out a much-needed new path to exceptional mental health. A professor at the University of San Francisco and a county mental health representative, she is committed to seeing that our communities become behaviorally fit.

Teri DeLaMontanya, BSN, RN, CEN, NE-BC is the co-founder of Behavioral Fitness. She is a certified emergency nurse and nurse leader who has a deep passion for helping people. She served over 2 ½ decades in healthcare with an emphasis in emergency/crisis management, Lean process improvement, facilitation of teams, and individual coaching and mentoring.  Teri also served as a Transformation Leader in healthcare, helping to support and facilitate change across the healthcare organization. She has earned a reputation for compassionate leadership and was recognized with the Beverly Jones Compassionate Leadership Award at John Muir Health, Walnut Creek in 2012, 2016, and 2018. She is an avid outdoor enthusiast and loves hiking, bicycling and being in nature as a way of grounding and connecting to herself and others.

Teri brings her education, lived experiences, compassion and ability to create a safe, non-judgmental space to every engagement. She understands that life can be overwhelming and exhausting sometimes and leave you feeling like you have nothing left to give. She meets her clients where they are in their lives, helping them to identify gaps that may be preventing them from reaching their goals and living life with a greater sense of purpose, meaning, joy and appreciation. Teri offers individual or group sessions by phone or video, and also features “walk and talk” sessions for SF/Bay Area residents- combining the benefits of nature and the outdoors with a Behavioral Fitness experience.