Why Sports Psychology Not Limited To Sports
“Sport psychology has become more widely recognized as being beneficial to address a variety of needs. Some may think of sports psychology as limited to athletes, but sports psychology is a form of psychotherapy that is sought out by not only professional and recreational athletes, but men and women in high-stress jobs, front line worker such as police, firefighters and EMTS and even performing artists like dancers, singers, rock bands actors and actresses.
The US Military is now the country’s largest employer of sport psychology professionals, who help soldiers learn to focus on combat and deal with stressful situations even after returning from combat zones.
Lisa Dorfman, a Licensed Mental Health and Performance Psychology Therapist (LMHC), Registered Dietitian (RD), Board Certified Sports Nutrition expert (CSSD) and former professional athlete understands what it takes to be at the top of your game. Her start-to-finish counseling whether it take 1-3 sessions or 1-3 years of work to take the pieces of your personal story to power stronger performance through enhanced physiological well-being. From sports and relationships to work and life, she helps high-performing individuals reach and sustain their Next level with positive psychology.
Together, you’ll examine your real time game day performance, diet, exercise habits, body composition, nutrition and sleep hygiene using evidence-backed strategies to improve cognitive performance, mental toughness, and more.
Sport psychology helps athletes overcome mental roadblocks and improve their performance: for example, helping a baseball player snap out of a hitting slump or supporting a runner as she regains confidence postinjury. While that performance emphasis remains a cornerstone of sport psychology, it’s only one piece of the puzzle for creating impressive performance. Sports psychology also address typical topics in traditional psychotherapy such as interpersonal issues, anxiety, depression, trauma and eating disorders.
There’s increased demand for sport psychology to address sports performance as well as mental health concerns, which is not limited for sports psychology and athletes but for the general population.”
Lisa’s mission is simple: to help people reach optimal wellness and peak performance in their sports and life endeavors--to become more resilient, overcome failure, use visualization and traditional psychotherapy to unleash your inner hero and become your personal best in health sport and life.