When athletes start the process of working with Ben, they will first begin with a free consultation phone call. Once the athlete and Ben have agreed to move forward with services, the first step will be to complete an assessment that can be done either in-person or virtually. During this appointment Ben will set goals with the athlete and give a good faith estimate for how long he believes it will take to accomplish those goals.

If athletes want to overcome mental blocks, Ben has a two-step process for dealing with this issue. The first step is to help athlete’s improve energy management skills. This can be done either in-person or through a virtual appointment (Ben’s preference is always to work with athlete’s in-person). Next, Ben typically uses Brainspotting as the final intervention to help athletes overcome this issue. These sessions are completed in-person.

If athletes are looking to increase their mental performance such as focus or mental toughness, Ben will use one or multiple interventions depending on what the athlete’s unique sport demands are. These interventions can be done either virtually or in-person, and include the use of exercise psychology tactics, energy management strategies, or techniques rooted in biofeedback and neurofeedback to train the athlete to handle the stress of sport.

Because Ben places a great emphasis on setting time-sensitive goals with athletes in the first session, athletes should be able to see the progress they have made at the conclusion of services. Approximately every one to two sessions, Ben will check in with athletes to see how they feel they are making progress towards accomplishing their goals.

If athletes are dealing with mental blocks before they start working with Ben, they usually report symptoms of anxiety, loss of motivation, decreased confidence, or unexpected flight, fight, freeze responses. After working with Ben, many athletes report experiencing significant decreases or complete elimination of all the previously listed symptoms.

When athletes come to work with Ben on increasing mental performance, they usually want to improve their focus, increase mental energy capacity, or develop mental toughness. After working with Ben, the majority of athletes report being able to sustain unbroken concentration for long periods of time during sports, and are noticeably resilient during unexpected setbacks.