Services
I offer psychotherapy, performance consultation, and educational services, like workshops, seminars, and presentations at conferences and other educational settings.
Some of my clients present with mental health concerns, while others come to work toward a specific achievement, or to pursue a personal, career, fitness, or athletic goal.
While all clients come to sessions with a “problem,” some focus on correcting negative thoughts, feelings, behaviors or relationships, while others focus on strength-building and life-enhancement.
Psychotherapy is a health service that is used to treat emotional, social, or cognitive distress and/or impairment.
Sometimes people seeking therapy have serious concerns about their personal functioning or professional life, while others notice more subtle changes or issues, but seek help before the problem “gets worse,” or starts to cause problems.
Other clients come to therapy seeking counseling for everyday challenges and barriers to growth and change.
Performance consultation is a coaching service that facilitates the achievement of goals. Mental skills education and training is central to performance consultation.
Sometimes people seeking consultation have a specific event, like a race or an athletic performance, and would like to improve mental toughness or mental preparation, while others work to identify barriers to change or continued success in some area of life.
Not sure if you need therapy or performance consultation?
If you’ve read descriptions for both therapy and performance consultation and feel unsure which might be the right fit, that you might need or want “both,” or that you fall somewhere in between psychotherapy and performance consultation, you’re not alone.
It is common for clients to come to a session with one problem/goal in mind, and for other issues to come up during our discussion. Similarly, clients may present with personal issues, like anxiety and insomnia, as well as a performance goal, like training for a triathalon.
For example, I provide services to athletes struggling with personal and mental health issues that are inferring with athletic performance. With these clients, we begin by determining your goals and priorities, and if the services I alone provide may be the right fit.
In some cases they are, but in others, it has been helpful for a client to see a mental health specialist or some other helping professional in addition to seeing me for performance consultation to ensure that all goals are being addressed in the most effective way possible.
Professional development services include:
- Workshops and in-services for fitness professionals
- Speaking engagements and professional development conferences
- Individual professional development consultation – in person or online
These services all include psychoeducation and collaborative discussion on how psychology intersects with fitness, wellness, and working as a psychologically-minded personal trainer, strength coach, or other fitness professional.
Workshops can be provided during a staff in-service, at a conference or seminar, or arranged to occur independently as a custom workshop for a specific group of fitness professionals, and they can be provided live or virtually.
Individual consultations are scheduled 45-minute sessions between myself and one fitness professional, with the goal of discussing specific client issues, professional boundaries, or other psychological aspects of working with people in a fitness setting.
Psychotherapy is a health service that is used to treat emotional, social, or cognitive distress and/or impairment.
Sometimes people seeking therapy have serious concerns about their personal functioning or professional life, while others notice more subtle changes or issues, but seek help before the problem “gets worse,” or starts to cause problems.
Other clients come to therapy seeking counseling for everyday challenges and barriers to growth and change.
Performance consultation is a coaching service that facilitates the achievement of goals. Mental skills education and training is central to performance consultation.
Sometimes people seeking consultation have a specific event, like a race or an athletic performance, and would like to improve mental toughness or mental preparation, while others work to identify barriers to change or continued success in some area of life.
Not sure if you need therapy or performance consultation?
If you’ve read descriptions for both therapy and performance consultation and feel unsure which might be the right fit, that you might need or want “both,” or that you fall somewhere in between psychotherapy and performance consultation, you’re not alone.
It is common for clients to come to a session with one problem/goal in mind, and for other issues to come up during our discussion. Similarly, clients may present with personal issues, like anxiety and insomnia, as well as a performance goal, like training for a triathalon.
For example, I provide services to athletes struggling with personal and mental health issues that are inferring with athletic performance. With these clients, we begin by determining your goals and priorities, and if the services I alone provide may be the right fit.
In some cases they are, but in others, it has been helpful for a client to see a mental health specialist or some other helping professional in addition to seeing me for performance consultation to ensure that all goals are being addressed in the most effective way possible.
Educational services include psychoeducation and collaborative discussion on how psychology intersects with fitness, wellness, and working as a psychologically-minded personal trainer, strength coach, or other fitness professional.
Workshops can be provided during a staff in-service, at a conference or seminar, or arranged to occur independently as a custom workshop for a specific group of fitness professionals, and they can be provided live or virtually.
“I met Lisa at an interesting time of my life. I felt stuck. Things weren’t bad, but I also knew that I wasn’t achieving my potential. I needed someone to talk to that was impartial, and could help me identify realistic action steps without overwhelming me. She did just that, and more. I never felt judged, or pushed to make changes that I wasn’t ready to make. In fact, I felt inspired to take meaningful action.”