"Sports have given me opportunities and experiences throughout my life that I will

forever be grateful for. They have placed me on teams that have become more like

family, paid for not one but four degrees, taken me across the country and world, and

taught me skills that have been transferable into my everyday life.

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Sports have also given me perfectionistic tendencies, a fear of mistakes, anxiety about

measuring up, and a lack of identity outside of being an athlete. From high school to

college to playing professionally, I carried all of this with me but was never able to fully

process it. A typical therapist didn’t understand what it was like to be an athlete, while a

performance coach was primarily focused on my performance on the court. The support

I needed then is the support I aim to provide to athletes now—whether they are trying

out for their first middle school team, starting their first high school game, finding their

role on a collegiate team, or representing their country on the Olympic stage. While

mental health and sport performance are sometimes viewed as separate entities, they

are far more connected than they are different.

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I fell in love with psychology after taking an Intro to Psychology course during my senior

year of high school. At the time, Sport Psychology was still a growing area, and there

was no clear path for how to work in the field. I attended Duquesne University on a

basketball scholarship, majoring in Psychology, with the hope that my path would

somehow lead me to Sport Psychology. Throughout my time at Duquesne, I found

success on the court, and instead of applying to graduate programs during my senior

year, I was applying for visas to play professionally overseas.

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After playing professionally and later coaching collegiately, my passion for Sport

Psychology eventually found its way back to me. In 2020, I sat down and asked myself

what I wanted my life to look like. Within a year, I was attending Georgia State

University’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling program. During graduate school, I was

fortunate to combine my love of sports and psychology while working with men’s

basketball as a Learning Specialist, focusing on executive functioning skills such as

organization, time management, and academic support.

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I graduated from Georgia State University in 2023 and obtained my National Certified

Counselor (NCC) credential shortly after passing the National Counselor Examination

(NCE). I am currently a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Arizona.

 

Over the past several years, I have had the opportunity to work within collegiate

athletics at the Power 4 level, including experience supporting student-athletes and

teams within the ACC, Big 12, and National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC). My

work has included individual mental health counseling, team-based support, sport

performance concerns, psychoeducation, and consultation with coaches and staff.

Working across different sports and team environments has allowed me to develop a

broad understanding of the unique mental and emotional demands placed on collegiate

athletes. In addition to direct clinical work, I have been involved in mental health

outreach within collegiate athletic departments, helping increase awareness, reduce

stigma, normalize conversations around mental health, and connect student-athletes

with appropriate resources and support.

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My approach is grounded in a Person-Centered conceptualization, utilizing Cognitive

Behavioral Therapy (CBT) interventions and incorporating mindfulness techniques such

as breathwork, progressive muscle relaxation, and guided meditation. I believe effective

support for athletes requires looking beyond performance and understanding the whole

person—their identity, relationships, transitions, challenges, and experiences both within

and outside of sport.

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I specialize in performance anxiety, perfectionism, and life transitions, with a particular

interest in the transitions that occur throughout an athlete’s career and identity

development. This includes navigating changes in role, injury, being cut, retirement, or

choosing to step away from sport on one’s own terms.

 

My goal is to provide athletes

with the kind of support I wish I had throughout my own athletic journey: a space where

they can be understood as both athletes and people, while developing the tools to thrive

in sport and in life beyond it."