About Our Team

Dr. Amanda Edwards is a highly respected sports psychologist whose career centers on supporting athlete mental health, performance, and personal development. She is a consultant, therapist, speaker, author, and educator who combines clinical training with firsthand experience as a competitive athlete.

Originally from Williamsville, New York, Dr. Edwards grew up playing basketball, soccer, track, and cross-country. In high school, she focused on soccer, competing for her school, a premier Rochester Rhinos travel team, and the Olympic Development Program. A highly recruited player, she suffered an ACL tear before her senior year but still accepted a soccer scholarship to the University of Minnesota.

As a Golden Gopher, she competed in Division I athletics while earning a psychology degree and receiving Big Ten academic honors each semester. Her experiences in high-level collegiate sport inspired her advanced study of athlete performance and well-being. She earned a master’s degree in sports and exercise psychology from Florida State University, focusing on peak performance and team cohesion, then completed her PhD in Counseling Psychology at Texas Tech University.

Dr. Edwards later became the first embedded clinical sports psychologist for University at Buffalo athletics. Since opening her Williamsville private practice in 2020, she has worked with the Buffalo Sabres, Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Bandits, and athletes throughout her community.

 Dr. Hannah Floss is a limited-permit psychologist working toward licensure under the supervision of Dr. Amanda Edwards at Mindset Counseling | Performance Psychology. Her work reflects a commitment to collaborative, community-centered mental health care and to helping clients feel understood, supported, and empowered.

A Buffalo native, Dr. Floss earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio, where she concentrated in mental health and minored in statistics. She returned to Buffalo to complete a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling and an Advanced Certificate in Mindful Counseling for Wellness and Engagement at the University at Buffalo. She later earned her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University at Buffalo.

Dr. Floss brings clinical training across hospital, community, and forensic settings to her practice. Her interest in supporting athletes began in 2019, when she joined the University at Buffalo Athletic Department as an Academic Performance Specialist. She later served as a graduate assistant at the University at Buffalo Learning and Development Center, where she conducted ADHD evaluations for student-athletes.

Dr. Peter A. Smiltins is a Buffalo-area psychologist and Master-level CASAC counselor whose work has focused on supporting people affected by substance use and related mental health concerns. He brings extensive experience in assessment, individual and group counseling, treatment planning, crisis support, and coordination of care.

Dr. Smiltins earned both his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in Psychology from Medaille University. He completed a Chemical Dependency Counseling Program at Tompkins Cortland Community College and holds certification as a Master-level CASAC through the NYS Office of Addiction Services and Supports. He also completed a Healthcare Management Certificate through Cornell University and earned his Doctor of Psychology degree from California Southern University in 2025. His doctoral project examined fentanyl test strips as harm-reduction tools for people who use drugs.

Throughout his career, Dr. Smiltins has worked in a range of substance-use treatment settings in Western New York, including detoxification, methadone treatment, inpatient chemical-dependency care, residential recovery, and outpatient counseling. Most recently, he served as a Senior Level II Counselor at Horizon Health Services, where his responsibilities included intakes, assessments, individual, family, and crisis sessions, group therapy, and caseload management.