Rosemarie Perla is a Pittsburgh-based licensed psychologist, executive coach and consultant who brings 30 years of experience to her clients. She has successfully coached many business owners, executives, professionals and major league athletes to achieve significant life and career transformations that could not have happened without her guidance.

She has been praised in the pages of Sports Illustrated for her ability to garner trust and to inspire belief and hope in everyone’s capacity to change and grow.

The outcome of Rosemarie’s consulting is that clients become transformed – from worriers to poised decision makers; from managers of “to-do” lists to strategic leaders; and from order-givers to human resource cultivators. Her great gifts are the ability to “read” clients and ascertain their authenticity, and then hold them accountable for what they say they want out of their lives and careers.

In addition to executive coaching, Rosemarie leads corporate retreats and training for clients as varied as advertising agencies, law firms and healthcare facilities. These sessions focus on creative life design and planning, life skills development and adjusting attitudes to result in productive work behavior for the 21st century. She also assists professionals in balancing work and other parts of their lives. As well as conducts stimulating workshops in leadership training, stress management, anger management and communication skills.

One of her most significant and innovative successes in facilitating possibilities and helping groups make synergistic decisions was as a key organizer of a Domestic Violence Task Force, bringing together Magee-Women’s Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the Women’s Center and Shelter of Pittsburgh to successfully integrate services for women across these facilities and to combine vital related research initiatives.

Rosemarie gained her experience through years of work as a private-practice psychologist and as a clinician and administrator with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Her professional writings have been widely published, and she has given numerous public presentations and workshops, in addition to countless private seminars for clients. She is a member of the International Coaching Federation and the American Psychological Association.

She is a member of the coaching staff of Breakthrough Enterprises, Inc whose purpose is to dramatically and permanently improve the lives of millions of people through developing success strategies for living. Breakthrough Enterprises sponsors workshops throughout the year in Sonoma, Ca.  These Leadership Workshops teach success strategies that support people to have creative, fulfilling and purposeful lives.

Moving her own vision into action, Rosemarie recently renovated a century-old twin row house in Pittsburgh ’s historic district of Lawrenceville. The effort captured first place in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's 2006 Renovation Inspiration home renovation contest. Said the Post-Gazette, “Like the people she counsels, Ms. Perla had to: 1) develop a clear vision of what she wanted, and 2) decide how to get it done… Ms. Perla's restoration is strongest on imagination.” A feature article in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review said that Rosemarie “knew what she needed and wanted. She had a strict budget. She needed a fantastic kitchen and room for her family and friends to come visit. And she refused to leave the city.” The house reflects the vision she has had for her own life.