Sports and Performance

Sports psychiatry is a rapidly expanding field that helps athletes improve their performance by addressing their emotional, mental, and physical wellbeing. From student-athletes to elite professionals to people merely passionate about their game, athletes at every level have been benefiting from working with sports psychiatrists.

Issues addressed by sports psychiatrists include:

  • Performance issues

  • Burnout

  • Managing pressure

  • Performance anxiety

  • Recovery from injury

  • Focus

  • Sleep concerns

  • Depression

  • Identity

  • Understanding of oneself

What is sports psychiatry?

Why Should I See a Sports Psychiatrist?

If you have had any of these thoughts, it could be helpful to address them with a sports psychiatrist:

  • I want to improve how I deal with pressure

  • My worries keep getting worse

  • I want to grow as a person

  • I’m not playing as well as I used to

  • I can’t clear my mind

  • I don’t get joy out of playing anymore

  • I keep getting hung up on my failures

  • It’s so hard to balance school/work/sports

  • My mind is all over the place

  • Every mistake feels like the end of the world

  • I keep feeling panicky

  • Who am I if not an athlete?

  • I’m not getting enough sleep

  • I can’t stop thinking about my failures

  • I am injured and am struggling to cope

  • I want to maximize my performance

  • My life balance is all off

  • I can’t concentrate like I used to

  • I need time and space to figure myself out

  • I keep having the same problems with coaches/parents

  • My focus has gotten worse

  • Life is so complicated and it affects how I play

  • I don’t have the same energy I used to