Private Practice Development - Brainspotting Phase One May 17-19, 2024 Asheville, North Carolina and Online
If you are a psychotherapist, sport psychologist or healing practitioner interested in receiving Brainspotting training, check out the information in this issue of the Training Report to learn more…
Private Practice Development - Becoming A Certified Brainspotting Therapist & Marketing Your Practice To Athletes The Field Of Sport Psychology
When therapist are trying to decide if they are going to receive additional training, they need look no further than pursuing Brainspotting certification. Therapists should also consider becoming more specialized working with athletes too. For this issue of the Training Report, I explore why they should evaluate these two factors into professional advancement…
Private Practice Development - How To Correctly Market The AASP CMPC Certification: What Graduate School Won’t Teach You
When AASP CMPC candidates choose mentors, one attribute they need to consider is how knowledgeable is the mentor when it comes to marketing. For this issue of the Training Report I want to provide an introduction as to how I am different from my peers on this issue…
Mental Health Performance - What Athletes Need To Know Part II. Depression, Trauma & Sports
Many athletes struggle with depression but are often told by sport psychologists that this is a mental health issue and not a performance issue. For this issue of the Training Report I want to explore what depression is and how seeking mental health treatment is part of the performance enhancement process…
How Do Professional Racecar Drivers In Motorsports Like NASCAR Overcome Mental Blocks?
NASCAR athletes and professional racecar drivers in motor sports experience intense physical, psychological and sociological pressure that can create the Yips. For this issue of the Training Report I want to talk about how the Yips affects drivers and what they can do to overcome this issue and ‘get out of their head’…
Organizational Psychology - 3 Strategies For Optimizing Problem Solving & Creativity
Industrial and Organizational psychologists are frequently tasked with helping teams in athletics and the private sector create better problem solving mechanisms to enhance their productivity. For this issue of the Training Report I want to review some of these strategies, specifically those that can enhance creativity…
Strength & Conditioning - Exercise Science Periodization Strategies Part I. Endurance Athletes
Endurance athletes have begun to rely more and more on state of the art strength & conditioning programs to help them peak at the right time for competitions. For this issue of the Training Report I want to review some of the exercise science behind endurance athlete periodization strategies…
Mental Health Performance - What Athletes Need To Know Part I. Anxiety, Panic Attacks & The Role Of Sport Psychology
Many athletes suffer in silence dealing with anxiety and panic attacks. Because the field of sport psychology has largely failed to establish the connection between mental health issues and sports performance, I want to take the time to review how seeking assistance for these issues will enhance performance outcomes…
How Do Sport Injuries In American Football Affect Muscle Guarding And Trauma?
When American football players go through physical therapy to recover from a sports injury, they will often report symptoms of muscle guarding during and post recovery. For this issue of the Training Report I want to review why muscle guarding can be a trauma response…
Precision Nutrition - 7 Effective Ways To Make Time For Exercise And Nutrition
Sometimes the busy schedules that athletes have can make it difficult to maintain nutrition and fitness demands for their sport. For this issue of the Training Report I want to review a Precision Nutrition infographic that provides strategies on how to deal with these issues…
Sport Psychology Tactics - The Yips In Sports & Athlete PTSD
Athletes will often seek services from sport psychologists to overcome PTSD and sports trauma. For this issue of the Training Report I want to review what psychological trauma looks like in sports and how sport psychologists can actually help athletes with this issue by using Brainspotting…
Strength & Conditioning - The Connection Between Brainspotting & Mental Performance For Olympic Weighting Athletes
Oftentimes, strength & conditioning coaches underestimate how human psychology impacts physical performance. For this issue of the Training Report I want to review the psychology behind Olympic Weightlifting…
Sport Psychology Tactics - How Brainspotting Helps Actors & Musicians Break Mental Blocks And Enhance Creativity
Actors, musicians, dancers and other professionals in the performing arts are susceptible to a common issue that also plagues athletes: mental blocks (AKA The Yips). For this issue of the Training Report I want to review how mental blocks affect this performance population…
Precision Nutrition - White Vs. Sweet Potatoes: Which Are Really Healthier?
Athletes sometimes have nuanced questions about nutrition performance selections. Because nutrition is a complex subject, I like to refer athletes to Precision Nutrition for high quality nutrition science questions. This Training Report provides an infographic on nutrition strategies…
Mental Health Performance - Why Trauma-Informed Psychotherapy For The Yips Is A Form Of Athlete Mental Training & Performance Enhancement
Athletes will inevitably experience traumatic moments in sports such as injuries, sports humiliations, and conflict with others. Because this is a general feature of sports performance participation, athletes need to use trauma-informed psychotherapy help them deal with these issues…
Mental Health Performance - The Connection Between Athletes, Sleep & Sport Outcomes
Most athletes don’t put much thought into how they can or why they should maximize on their sleep performance. But new emerging neuroscience research shows us that there is a direct connection to sleep performance and sport performance outcomes…
Precision Nutrition - How To Stay In Shape When You’re Busy (A Guide For All Athletes)
Sometimes athletes will have busy schedules that actually prevent them from staying in shape for their performances. Precision Nutrition has created this infographic with strategies that all athletes can use to stay in shape when they are busy…
Sport Psychology Tactics - Olympic Weightlifting, The Yips & How Athletes Can Solve This Mental Block
Olympic-style weightlifting athletes will occasionally experience mental blocks commonly known as the Yips. For this issue of the Training Report I want to review what the Yips looks like in Olympic Weightlifting and what can be done to solve this issue…
Precision Nutrition - How To Eat Healthy On A Budget For Athletes
Sometimes athletes are under the false impression that they need to spend excessive amounts of money to eat healthy. For this issue of the Training Report, we will review a Precision Nutrition infographic that provides strategies for eating healthy on a budget…
Strength & Conditioning - Core Development Guide For Athletes
When athletes are focused on their strength & conditioning, there are different approaches they can use. For this Training Report I want to focus on Prehab-style approaches that emphasize core training development and the benefits that come with these exercises…