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Mitch Abrams Psy.D.

About

Mitch Abrams, Psy.D., is a sport psychologist and owner of Learned Excellence for Athletes. He is a licensed psychologist in New York and New Jersey and he is also the author of Anger Management in Sport: Understanding and Controlling Violence in Athletes. Since 2000, he has been in private practice providing sport, clinical, and forensic psychology services. His clinical practice specializes in anger management, sexual violence prevention, and the treatment of trauma. Dr. Abrams is also a Clinician Administrator for University Correctional HealthCare/UMDNJ, where he is responsible for the delivery of mental health services for 5 of the NJ's 13 state prisons. Abrams co-coordinates the forensic track of UMDNJ's predoctoral psychology internship and has been involved with advancing the quality of mental health services in prison systems. He is a clinical assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Books by Mitch Abrams Psy.D.
Recent Posts
NO MORE: 7 Lessons from the Inside
With the long overdue awareness of dating and sexual violence finally being raised with No More public service announcements and greater media attention in general, this offers some recommendations to help prevention really hit its mark.
NFL Responds to Pressure Regarding Domestic Violence.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell set forth stricter sanctions for athletes involved with domestic violence, but may have swung the pendulum too far with a system that could lead to athletes losing their livelihood without due process.
Football is Different…Admit It
From Richard Sherman to Friday Night Tykes, Football Shows a Side of Humanity that Many Want to Deny. It is a complex sport where we see violence and a different set of rules than society normally accepts. There are reasons why. There is also the reality that anger can be helpful in sports, specifically football, but many athletes don't know how to modulate it.
Can the NFL Avoid Another Aaron Hernandez?

Is it time for change in sport psychologists role in assessing and predicting crime and violence in athletes?

Is it time for change in sport psychologists role in assessing and predicting crime and violence in athletes?

There Are No Losers, You’re Just the Last Winner

A look at the issues of abusive coaching vs. intense coaching, parenting, and developing athletes in response to the questions surrounding the recent events surrounding Rutgers AD Julie Hermann.

A look at the issues of abusive coaching vs. intense coaching, parenting, and developing athletes in response to the questions surrounding the recent events surrounding Rutgers AD Julie Hermann.

Abusive Coaching is Not About Anger, It’s About Approach

The video that went viral of Rutgers Men's Basketball Coach Mike Rice abusing his players was, unfortunately, not an isolated incident. The line between intense and abusive coaching may be blurry to some, but society and athletics need to make it clear that going over that line won't be tolerated. Fear and intimidation are not at the core of effective coaching.

The video that went viral of Rutgers Men's Basketball Coach Mike Rice abusing his players was, unfortunately, not an isolated incident. The line between intense and abusive coaching may be blurry to some, but society and athletics need to make it clear that going over that line won't be tolerated. Fear and intimidation are not at the core of effective coaching.

Getting Athletes Help

Due to extreme transgressions that athletes sometimes engage in, it is easy for people from afar to blame the athletes, the teams, the leagues and the counselors that are trying to help the players. Improvements can always be made, but the incidence of these events will never be zero...it isn't in any other segment of our society...

Due to extreme transgressions that athletes sometimes engage in, it is easy for people from afar to blame the athletes, the teams, the leagues and the counselors that are trying to help the players. Improvements can always be made, but the incidence of these events will never be zero...it isn't in any other segment of our society...

Lessons from Sandusky: Not Just Athletics, WE need to do Better

Jerry Sandusky's conviction will generate many thoughts and emotions. It may provide the opportunity for the victims to start to heal. It also is an opportunity for those in the sports world to protect those that need it the most.

Jerry Sandusky's conviction will generate many thoughts and emotions. It may provide the opportunity for the victims to start to heal. It also is an opportunity for those in the sports world to protect those that need it the most.