Staff Directory
- Title:
- Sports Psychologist
I have an undergraduate degree in pre-physical therapy, a master's degree in education, and I received a Ph.D. in Psychology from Washington State University in 1995. I am a licensed psychologist in Washington and California. I am a long standing member of the American Psychological Association.
1989-1990 - I was a full-time sport psychologist in the Athletic Department at Washington State University from 1989-1999. There, I worked with all 17 Division 1 athletic teams. While at WSU, I began working with professional athletes (football, baseball, and hockey) and track & field athletes preparing for the Barcelona and Atlanta Summer Olympic Games. Additionally, I began working with the US Ski Team.
1999-2009 - I accepted a position as a full-time Senior Sport Psychologist with the US Olympic Committee (USOC) at the US Olympic Training Center in San Diego, CA. There, I worked directly with hundreds of athletes preparing for and competing at two Winter Olympic Games, three Summer Olympic Games, and multiple National Championships, Olympic Trials, World Cups, Pan American Games, World University Games, and World Championships. I was on the USOC staff, as a sport psychologist, at five Olympic Games. Although I am no longer employed by the USOC, I continue to work as the consulting sport psychologist for USA Swimming working with coaches and athletes who are preparing for the 2010 World Championships in Dubai and the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
2009-present: In March 2009, I accepted a full-time sport psychologist position at the University of Washington's Intercollegiate Athletic Department. Here, I am working with all 19 of the Division 1 sports in the department.
My primary expertise is in sport and human performance with elite athletes, coaches, stage entertainers, performing artists, business managers, and military special operations. To date, I have worked with more than 60 different sports from youth to the highest national and international competitive levels. In addition to the applied work with coaches at training and competitive venues, I have also provided sport psychology instruction at coaching academies, conferences, and certification courses.
My professional work includes sport psychology publications; television and radio appearances; presenting sport psychology workshops at local, national, & international conferences; and teaching graduate coursework in sport psychology. From 2002 to the present, I developed and have maintained a working relationship with the Navy Special Warfare School (SEALs).
I have a unique blend of academic training and more than 21 years of providing applied sport and human performance services, on a full-time basis, over a full-range of athletes, sports, and levels of competition. With all of that, I am still learning...everyday!
