Sports Psychology therapists in Saint Petersburg, Florida FL
Sports Psychology
Alicia Townsend
Psychologist, PhD, BCN
Being your best both physically and mentally are crucial for success in sports and other competitive activities. Sport psychology can help you master mental strategies to perform better. Issues such as injury prevention and recovery, fears and anxiety, goal setting and achievement, and more can be addressed with sport psychology. I studied and trained in sport psychology at the University of North Texas, and I can help you improve your physical and mental game.
19 Years Experience
Sports Psychology
Elizabeth Moffett, LMHC
Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Psychotherapist
Train your Brain to enhance performance in work, life and play. I also work with Sports Performance/Enhancement, Performance Blocks/Anxiety, Sports Traumas/Injuries and the “YIPs” (which is the loss of fine motor skills and psychological issues that impact on the muscle memory and decision making of the player which creates a failure to perform basic skills of the sport). Sports Traumas emanates from sports anxiety, sports injuries, sports failures and sports humiliations which are simultaneous physical and psychological traumas to the nervous system and can inhibit natural movement. With traditional Sports Psychology using cognitive behavioral techniques of talk therapy positive self-talk, reframing, etc., focusing mainly on the athlete’s performance, it only leads to partial and/or temporary relief of symptoms. However, with Dr. David Grand’s Brainspotting Sports Work with “body-centered techniques, we address unique physical and emotional roots of the problem within the athlete’s brain & body, focusing primarily on the athlete as a person and his/her unique trauma history and secondarily the athletic performance, leading to the complete resolution of the performance problem and conscious symptoms and to performance enhancement”, This Is Your Brain On Sports; Beating Blocks, Slumps and Performance Anxiety for Good. In Dr. David Grand’s book, he introduces a version of post traumatic stress disorder of stuck athletes that he has labeled, “Sports Traumatic Stress Disorder” (STSD).
19 Years Experience
Sports Psychology
Jason Powell
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, CST
Whether you are an amateur or professional athlete, I can help you to leverage your emotional capabilities in order to improve your performance, on and off the field.
3 Years Experience
Sports Psychology
Dr. Ruhama Hazout
Psychologist, Psy.D.
My treatment in sports psychology focuses on enhancing athletic performance and mental toughness, using techniques that build confidence, focus, and resilience. This approach aims to empower athletes to overcome psychological barriers, optimizing their potential in both training and competitive environments.
13 Years Experience
Sports Psychology
David Essel, M.S., O.M.
Counselor/Therapist, Master's Degree Psychology, Ordained All Faiths Minister
After playing basketball for a Division 1 college for 2 years, david feel in love with teaching mental toughness in all sports! For the past 37 years, number one best-selling author, counselor, life coach and sports psychology expert David Essel has helped hundreds of athletes to break through their own mental barriers, their own mind blocks, to be able to maximize their potential in their sport of choice. Here’s the opportunity to work with one of the top professionals in the world today, in order to start having more fun and success in any and all sports that you participate in. Basketball, tennis, baseball, golf are just a few of his specialties.
44 Years Experience