When athletes experience sports-related injuries, they usually only focus on the physical recovery. However, many athletes are beginning to recognize the importance of mental recovery in order to get back to their baseline performance. This issue of the Training Report will review mental-skills training strategies athletes can use to accomplish this…

One of the most difficult decisions athletes have to make over the course of their career is deciding when to retire from sports. For this issue of the Training Report, I want to review the mental health considerations athletes face over this issue…

Many athletes in different sports deal with a common mental block called the Yips. Unfortunately, most sport psychologists are unable to help athletes overcome the Yips because they don't understand the underlying problem. For this issue of the Training Report I want to review the truth about the Yips...

When athletes are dealing with addiction, alcohol and substance use issues, they need to work with sport psychologists with specialized training. For this issue of the Training Report, I wanted to provide introductory information on this subject…

Unfortunately, many coaches and sport psychologists do not have a proper understanding of the strengths that athletes with Autism or ADHD bring with them. For this issue of the Training Report I want to review why athletes with these diagnoses are invaluable members of the sports communities and how they bring many strengths with them…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Athletes that undergo sports-related injuries often struggle with the psychological side of this problem. For this issue of the Training Report I wanted to provide a link to an article I wrote for the Association For Applied Sport Psychology on this issue…

Within the field of sport psychology, there is a popular term that coaches & athletes love to use: mental toughness. For this Training Report I want to take some time to redefine what mental toughness actually is and how athletes can achieve this important skill…

I have talked extensively about mental blocks and how prevalent of an issue this is within the world of sports performance. The truth is that the overwhelming majority of the time, mental blocks are the symptoms of deep rooted trauma. For this Training Report I want to re-examine the topic of mental blocks & trauma in sports…

The sport of Baseball has a repuation for being one of the most mentally demanding sports. A common issue that arises from these psychological experiences in Baseball is called the yips. For this Training Report, we will provide an explanation about the Yips…

Sport psychologists & sport psychiatrists are beginning to take a closer look at the possible benefits psychedelics may have on athlete performance. For this Training Report, I will review some of the discussions surrounding psychedelics, athlete mental health & performance…

Attention Deficit Disorder and/or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD / ADHD) are controversial mental health diagnoses that spark a wide range of opinions. For this Training Report I want to review what ADD / ADHD is, and discuss how Neurofeedback / QEEG can potentially be a great intervention…

Many athletes are consulting with sport psychologists to address issues surrounding the psychology of sport injury, but most sport psychologists are not focused on approaches that are based in scientific fundamentals of sport injury and trauma. For this Training Report I want to discuss a relatively new application that can help deal with psychological component of sport injury which is known as Neurofeedback.

While many athletes have incredible insight into their athletic abilities, sometimes they can underestimate the impact that life stress has on their bodies, and overestimate how much energy they have internally to ‘attack the day’. For this Training Report I want to discuss this issue by exploring what stress is, how it affects the body and how you can manage your energy to deal with stress…

Many veterans face complex issues that affect their lives in significant ways compared to civilians. One common issue that many veterans face is how to effectively deal with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). For this Training Report I want to take the time to explore the science of PTSD from a neuropsychological perspective, and explain the importance of why trauma needs to be thoroughly explored throughout one’s life…

Many medical professionals helping athletes rehabilitate sport-related injuries & chronic pain rarely include mental health professionals during the physical rehabilitation process. Because our neuropsychology significantly impacts chronic pain and physical therapy outcomes, I want to explore why we need to use mental health interventions to complete the process of treating physical injuries & chronic pain…