What is Mental Training?

If you want to improve your performance as an athlete, there are many things you can do.  You can hire a coach for physical workouts.  You can hire a strength trainer for weight and strength workouts, and a nutritionist to help you put together a healthy diet to aid performance and recovery.  If you want to improve your mental game, you can hire a mental skills consultant.  Mental skills are integrative tools to help enhance performance and can help any level athlete cope with and successfully navigate the mental challenges in sport such as:
  • Managing pre-performance anxiety
  • Coping with pressure situations
  • Building confidence
  • Learning how to cope with distractions and focus on the important aspects of performance
  • Recognizing and turning around negative self-talk
  • Making goals work for you

Services

I currently serve clients in the East Bay Area of California (including cities of Walnut Creek, Concord, Clayton, Pleasant Hill, Orinda, Moraga, Antioch and surrounding cities).  I am also available via Zoom for consulting outside of the East Bay Area.

Contact information: 
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (925) 482-5705

Individual Consulting

One on one sessions that focus on your individual challenges. These sessions are private and confidential.

FAQ


Where are the sessions conducted?
If you live within 15 miles of Concord, California, we can arrange for a place to meet in person (typically a Starbucks or public place).  For customers outside this area, we can arrange to online meet via Zoom.
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How often do we meet?
Most athletes will meet once a week or every other week.  It is helpful to have a consistent approach with the sessions.

What about athletes who are under 18 years old?
Athletes who are under 18 years old will need to have a parent or guardian sign the Training Agreement prior to starting the sessions.


Is there an expiration date to use the sessions?
Sessions must be completed within 1 year of purchase.

Session Format

​Mental Skill Training is a process of discovery, learning, change, and adaptation.  Through the Starter Package (an athlete's first 5 sessions), the athlete and I will go through several phases together.
  • ​Discovery: a series of questions to help the athlete learn about themselves and increase their level of self-awareness; how they currently operate, think, and behave.  
  • Imagination: take a look at how things can be different.  What would it look like to be able to successfully cope with pre-race nerves?  Or to get excited for hard challenges?
  • Tools: what mental skills tools are right for you?  Learn mental skills that are personalized for you and your specific challenges.
  • Application:  give the mental skills a test drive.  Many athletes know what they need to do, but lack in applying this knowledge.
  • Reflection: use reflective practice and questioning to help guide future use of mental skills.  Athletes look at what worked, what didn't, and how to change the mental skills learned.

Pricing

Start with a free 30 minute consultation to find out if mental skills training is right for you!  These 30 minutes are your chance to ask questions, get clarification, and learn more about the mental skills process.
Starter Package (5 sessions): $399
  • 50 minute sessions
Additional Sessions (1 - 5 sessions): $75/session
  • After the Starter Package, you can choose to continue with how many every sessions you would like at a discounted rate.
  • 50 minute sessions

About Me

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  • Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) #652
  • MA in Sport Psychology from John F Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, CA
  • MBA from the University of Southern Mississippi
  • Adjunct faculty at Dominican University in San Rafael, CA, teaching Intro to Sport Psychology
  • Adjunct faculty/Supervisor at John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill
  • 4 years collegiate college coaching experience as the Head Women's Cross Country Coach and Assistant Track Coach (distance) at the University of Southern Mississippi
  • 8 years high school coaching experience as the Head Distance Track Coach at Clayton Valley Charter High School in Concord, CA
  • Level 2 USTAF Certified (Distance)
  • 2 years experience with program logistics, marketing, and fundraising as John F Kennedy University Sport Psychology Program's LEAP (Life Enhancement through Athletic Participation) Coordinator
  • University of Nebraska-Lincoln Varsity Cross Country and Track athlete
  • Avid runner, hiker and mountain biker