Sports Performance Therapists in Portland, OR
Daniel Petrocelli Counseling & Performance Psych
MA
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97225 (Online Only)
I also specialize in Performance Psychology ( Sports, Theater, Speaking, etc) and Mental Skills Training.
Accepting new clients! Over the past 20+ years I have accumulated a very unique and in-depth knowledge and experience into what it takes to create positive change in our lives. There is no set way that works for everyone, and improvement is more likely when there is a willingness to engage in a process, to consider other perspectives alongside of our own, and to courageously seek assistance, all cornerstones to positive change. Ultimately, what we think can help lead us to what we become. For more specific detail please visit my website at www.dpetrocelli.org to learn more about my experience and the services I provide.
I also specialize in Performance Psychology ( Sports, Theater, Speaking, etc) and Mental Skills Training.
Accepting new clients! Over the past 20+ years I have accumulated a very unique and in-depth knowledge and experience into what it takes to create positive change in our lives. There is no set way that works for everyone, and improvement is more likely when there is a willingness to engage in a process, to consider other perspectives alongside of our own, and to courageously seek assistance, all cornerstones to positive change. Ultimately, what we think can help lead us to what we become. For more specific detail please visit my website at www.dpetrocelli.org to learn more about my experience and the services I provide.
My treatment specialties include anxiety, self-improvement, self- esteem issues, sports psychology, and more.
Accepting New Clients - Telehealth/Virtual/In-person. I am a licensed social worker in Oregon with a background in community mental health, co-occurring problems, crisis response, sports performance, and the navigation of complex human emotions. As a licensed therapist in Oregon since 2008, my experiences assisting individuals, couples, and families from all walks of life from the childhood/teenage years through older adulthood.
My treatment specialties include anxiety, self-improvement, self- esteem issues, sports psychology, and more.
Accepting New Clients - Telehealth/Virtual/In-person. I am a licensed social worker in Oregon with a background in community mental health, co-occurring problems, crisis response, sports performance, and the navigation of complex human emotions. As a licensed therapist in Oregon since 2008, my experiences assisting individuals, couples, and families from all walks of life from the childhood/teenage years through older adulthood.
Do you have the heart of a competitive athlete or other high achiever? Do you find yourself seeking support as you navigate a course toward excellence? I'm a licensed sports psychologist, working with diverse competitive athletes and elite performers to manage high achievement demands, daily stress, relationship struggles, life changes (such as injury recovery and career transition), and more. The work often starts with basic problem solving, but ideally it leads to an unlocking of optimal experience. Finding a licensed psychologist like myself, with training and background in sports psychology, is an important key to success.
Do you have the heart of a competitive athlete or other high achiever? Do you find yourself seeking support as you navigate a course toward excellence? I'm a licensed sports psychologist, working with diverse competitive athletes and elite performers to manage high achievement demands, daily stress, relationship struggles, life changes (such as injury recovery and career transition), and more. The work often starts with basic problem solving, but ideally it leads to an unlocking of optimal experience. Finding a licensed psychologist like myself, with training and background in sports psychology, is an important key to success.
I work with individuals in areas such as parenting, relationships, career coaching, life transitions, and sports psychology.
If you are finding yourself feeling emotionally altered and without a place to process your feelings confidentially, please contact me. As your counselor, I will provide a nonjudgmental, confidential, and attentive setting in which you can express yourself honestly. The counseling experience will allow you to verbalize feelings, thoughts, and behaviors that may contribute to your area of concern.
I work with individuals in areas such as parenting, relationships, career coaching, life transitions, and sports psychology.
If you are finding yourself feeling emotionally altered and without a place to process your feelings confidentially, please contact me. As your counselor, I will provide a nonjudgmental, confidential, and attentive setting in which you can express yourself honestly. The counseling experience will allow you to verbalize feelings, thoughts, and behaviors that may contribute to your area of concern.
I find that my training in psychoanalysis, art therapy, and sports psychology helps clients understand unconscious dynamics and also provides a goal-directed, positive, creative approach.
My focus is to help empower you by helping you enhance your capacities and create meaningful change in your life. Clients want symptom relief, but also want to focus on problems preventing them from achieving their goals. You may want to resolve long-standing relationship or family issues and seek clarity and insight so as not to repeat negative patterns in the future. Many of my clients are suffering from occupational burnout, stress, and work/life imbalance. I work with clients in transition, due to unexpected life changes who are seeking relief and renewal.
I find that my training in psychoanalysis, art therapy, and sports psychology helps clients understand unconscious dynamics and also provides a goal-directed, positive, creative approach.
My focus is to help empower you by helping you enhance your capacities and create meaningful change in your life. Clients want symptom relief, but also want to focus on problems preventing them from achieving their goals. You may want to resolve long-standing relationship or family issues and seek clarity and insight so as not to repeat negative patterns in the future. Many of my clients are suffering from occupational burnout, stress, and work/life imbalance. I work with clients in transition, due to unexpected life changes who are seeking relief and renewal.
Mike Theodore-Agency Has Immediate Openings!
Pre-Licensed Professional, QMHA-R, CASAC-T
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97086 (Online Only)
Are you ready to overcome your challenges? I specialize in, and have worked with, adults with Mental Illness and Chemical Abuse for over 15 years. Work with me on developing a healthy mindset and lifestyle! I believe in the value of physical activity and sports. I also participate in a lot of faith-based activities such as: Men's Ministry, Couples Ministry & Counseling, Family Life Ministry and Counseling.
Are you ready to overcome your challenges? I specialize in, and have worked with, adults with Mental Illness and Chemical Abuse for over 15 years. Work with me on developing a healthy mindset and lifestyle! I believe in the value of physical activity and sports. I also participate in a lot of faith-based activities such as: Men's Ministry, Couples Ministry & Counseling, Family Life Ministry and Counseling.
I take a holistic and individualized approach to understanding each person's unique challenges, drawing on modalities like CBT, ACT, and solution-focused therapy. I also value the mind-body connection and incorporate this exploration into our work when it aligns with an individual’s needs and goals. As a former all-state ski racer and competitive soccer player, I understand the unique challenges that can come with transitioning out of sport as well as the identity shifts that can follow. This experience feeds my passion for supporting individuals navigating performance anxiety as well as complexities of life transitions.
I take a holistic and individualized approach to understanding each person's unique challenges, drawing on modalities like CBT, ACT, and solution-focused therapy. I also value the mind-body connection and incorporate this exploration into our work when it aligns with an individual’s needs and goals. As a former all-state ski racer and competitive soccer player, I understand the unique challenges that can come with transitioning out of sport as well as the identity shifts that can follow. This experience feeds my passion for supporting individuals navigating performance anxiety as well as complexities of life transitions.
Dino Paris Counseling & High Performance Coaching
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97239
For over 30years, Dino has helped clients find relief from anxiety and trauma. He employs the most effective evidence-based methods and technologies. His primary modalities include EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing), Somatic Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Mindfulness, Creative Arts Therapy, CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), and Poly Vagal Technology. As a high performance coach, Dino employs these same methods to assist elite athletes, entrepreneurs, and creative professionals to enhance their performance, enjoyment and engagement.
For over 30years, Dino has helped clients find relief from anxiety and trauma. He employs the most effective evidence-based methods and technologies. His primary modalities include EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing), Somatic Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Mindfulness, Creative Arts Therapy, CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), and Poly Vagal Technology. As a high performance coach, Dino employs these same methods to assist elite athletes, entrepreneurs, and creative professionals to enhance their performance, enjoyment and engagement.
As a certified mental performance consultant with an MA in Sport Psychology, I work with athletes and performers who want to conquer their performance anxiety, strengthen their confidence, and renegotiate their relationship with making mistakes. Often, my clients feel like they: get stuck in their own heads; have trouble letting go of mistakes; struggle with perfectionism; are self-critical and getting in their own way; have to perform under pressure; are not communicating well with a coach or teammate; have lost confidence in skills that used to be second nature; and/or are struggling with the demands of being a student-athlete.
As a certified mental performance consultant with an MA in Sport Psychology, I work with athletes and performers who want to conquer their performance anxiety, strengthen their confidence, and renegotiate their relationship with making mistakes. Often, my clients feel like they: get stuck in their own heads; have trouble letting go of mistakes; struggle with perfectionism; are self-critical and getting in their own way; have to perform under pressure; are not communicating well with a coach or teammate; have lost confidence in skills that used to be second nature; and/or are struggling with the demands of being a student-athlete.
Aid Station Performance Therapy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CADC II
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97214
Mike will primarily utilize EMDR therapy and/or Brainspotting therapy to help people/athletes overcome common mental and emotional symptoms that can impede progress, performance, or welness. Example of these performance block can be: fear, uncertainty, intrusive thoughts, inability to execute muscle memory movements, feeling of being locked, stuck, or frozen, anxiety, inconsistency, avoidance, frustration and depression. I am also seeing people who have trauma and addiction backgrounds. I'd love to work together to bring awareness to causes of being stuck, and freeing yourself from these anchors.
Mike will primarily utilize EMDR therapy and/or Brainspotting therapy to help people/athletes overcome common mental and emotional symptoms that can impede progress, performance, or welness. Example of these performance block can be: fear, uncertainty, intrusive thoughts, inability to execute muscle memory movements, feeling of being locked, stuck, or frozen, anxiety, inconsistency, avoidance, frustration and depression. I am also seeing people who have trauma and addiction backgrounds. I'd love to work together to bring awareness to causes of being stuck, and freeing yourself from these anchors.
Getting started in therapy can feel daunting and I can help to make that experience easier for you. My clients most frequently describe me as genuine, easy to talk to, and compassionate. I understand that we all cope in different ways and welcome having periods of light conversation and humor along the way. I strive to genuinely get to know you and help you identify what is causing your distress, so we can work towards resolving it. I help my clients learn and strengthen the skills needed to navigate difficult life experiences more efficiently.
Getting started in therapy can feel daunting and I can help to make that experience easier for you. My clients most frequently describe me as genuine, easy to talk to, and compassionate. I understand that we all cope in different ways and welcome having periods of light conversation and humor along the way. I strive to genuinely get to know you and help you identify what is causing your distress, so we can work towards resolving it. I help my clients learn and strengthen the skills needed to navigate difficult life experiences more efficiently.
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Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97205
Waitlist for new clients
Feeling stuck in old patterns? You're not alone. Maybe you're grappling with anxiety that keeps you on edge, or depression that colors your world gray. Perhaps trauma from your past is holding you back from living fully in the present. Or you might be an athlete struggling to perform under pressure, your mind becoming your toughest opponent. You're seeking more than just temporary relief—you want lasting change, a chance to rewrite your story and reclaim your life. You're ready to understand yourself better, to develop new coping strategies, to feel more in control.
Feeling stuck in old patterns? You're not alone. Maybe you're grappling with anxiety that keeps you on edge, or depression that colors your world gray. Perhaps trauma from your past is holding you back from living fully in the present. Or you might be an athlete struggling to perform under pressure, your mind becoming your toughest opponent. You're seeking more than just temporary relief—you want lasting change, a chance to rewrite your story and reclaim your life. You're ready to understand yourself better, to develop new coping strategies, to feel more in control.
The focus of Training the Complete Athlete is to serve teens and young adults with a variety of mental health concerns. Our primary focus is working with athletes and other high performers, but we also work with families, adults and clients that deal with medical issues or chronic pain. We want our clients to feel heard and gain the skills to make a change and re-enter their life with confidence, skills and a sense of self-control.
The focus of Training the Complete Athlete is to serve teens and young adults with a variety of mental health concerns. Our primary focus is working with athletes and other high performers, but we also work with families, adults and clients that deal with medical issues or chronic pain. We want our clients to feel heard and gain the skills to make a change and re-enter their life with confidence, skills and a sense of self-control.
Katie Steinert
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
7 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97214 (Online Only)
Life is a performance! Sometimes you are at the top of your game feeling like nothing can stop you. Other times you may feel like you are struggling to keep up. You may be someone struggling to overcome a mental health challenge such as social anxiety or you may be an athlete experiencing low confidence. Whatever your challenge is, you can overcome it with hard work and support. My job is to offer a space for you to explore what's working well in life, what's not working well, and how to move forward. We will explore the root of what is causing you distress and focus on practical ways to allow you to perform well in life.
Life is a performance! Sometimes you are at the top of your game feeling like nothing can stop you. Other times you may feel like you are struggling to keep up. You may be someone struggling to overcome a mental health challenge such as social anxiety or you may be an athlete experiencing low confidence. Whatever your challenge is, you can overcome it with hard work and support. My job is to offer a space for you to explore what's working well in life, what's not working well, and how to move forward. We will explore the root of what is causing you distress and focus on practical ways to allow you to perform well in life.
Hi, we’re Mariah & Richi Sede. We’re passionate about working with people seeking to overcome eating disorders & athletes seeking to cope with the stress of performance. We seek to help you become free from all consuming thoughts about food, the burden of earning food through exercise, feeling ashamed after overeating, feeling guilty after purging, comparing your body to others’, constantly counting calories & steps, & never being happy in your own skin. We help athletes to understand who they are outside of their sport, how to come back from losses, & how to cope with the intense stress & pressure that athletes so often feel.
Hi, we’re Mariah & Richi Sede. We’re passionate about working with people seeking to overcome eating disorders & athletes seeking to cope with the stress of performance. We seek to help you become free from all consuming thoughts about food, the burden of earning food through exercise, feeling ashamed after overeating, feeling guilty after purging, comparing your body to others’, constantly counting calories & steps, & never being happy in your own skin. We help athletes to understand who they are outside of their sport, how to come back from losses, & how to cope with the intense stress & pressure that athletes so often feel.
I am currently accepting new clients (Updated November 2024). I understand it is difficult to seek help. Often, the idea of therapy can feel overwhelming, especially if it is the first time. I strive to make the therapeutic process comfortable and accessible. I use a direct style of therapy and evidence-based approaches and help clients take an active approach to making change in their lives. I work to build upon the strengths you already have and help you continue to live a more valued life.
I am currently accepting new clients (Updated November 2024). I understand it is difficult to seek help. Often, the idea of therapy can feel overwhelming, especially if it is the first time. I strive to make the therapeutic process comfortable and accessible. I use a direct style of therapy and evidence-based approaches and help clients take an active approach to making change in their lives. I work to build upon the strengths you already have and help you continue to live a more valued life.
My practice: General psychotherapy, sport psychology, Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) and psychedelic preparation and integration. I work collaboratively, addressing personal needs in a supportive environment essential to achieving relief, personal growth and overall wellbeing. I work with athletes of all levels on issues affecting performance and enjoyment of sport/fitness activities. I provide KAP and assist individuals in preparing for psychedelic journeys/experiences and then help make sense of the experience to create lasting changes in ones lifestyle, habits and relationships. I am licensed in California and Oregon.
My practice: General psychotherapy, sport psychology, Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) and psychedelic preparation and integration. I work collaboratively, addressing personal needs in a supportive environment essential to achieving relief, personal growth and overall wellbeing. I work with athletes of all levels on issues affecting performance and enjoyment of sport/fitness activities. I provide KAP and assist individuals in preparing for psychedelic journeys/experiences and then help make sense of the experience to create lasting changes in ones lifestyle, habits and relationships. I am licensed in California and Oregon.
Raphel Cousins
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Portland, OR 97229 (Online Only)
November 2024: Openings Available. We will work together to identify the root causes of your issues, discover where and how you want to grow, and implement the tools to do so. I am solution-focused, direct, and compassionate in my approach. I have over 12 years of experience working in various clinical settings from hospitals to private practice. I guide my clients to use therapy as a tool for self-growth and ultimately, to achieve a higher quality of life.
November 2024: Openings Available. We will work together to identify the root causes of your issues, discover where and how you want to grow, and implement the tools to do so. I am solution-focused, direct, and compassionate in my approach. I have over 12 years of experience working in various clinical settings from hospitals to private practice. I guide my clients to use therapy as a tool for self-growth and ultimately, to achieve a higher quality of life.
Are you feeling the weight of anxiety, depression, or unresolved trauma? Wrestling with your identity or facing challenges in your relationships? The clients I have worked with are on a journey to find clarity, balance, and peace. If you’re committed to becoming more intentional in your life and breaking free from generational patterns that no longer serve you, we could be a great fit. My clients are often on the path to deeper self-awareness and genuine self-expression. Together, we’ll navigate what’s holding you back and guide you toward the growth and authenticity you seek.
Are you feeling the weight of anxiety, depression, or unresolved trauma? Wrestling with your identity or facing challenges in your relationships? The clients I have worked with are on a journey to find clarity, balance, and peace. If you’re committed to becoming more intentional in your life and breaking free from generational patterns that no longer serve you, we could be a great fit. My clients are often on the path to deeper self-awareness and genuine self-expression. Together, we’ll navigate what’s holding you back and guide you toward the growth and authenticity you seek.
Sherwood Harrison
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Portland, OR 97214
The human experience presents unique challenges, opportunities, victories, and struggles for us all; we experience life and our feelings on various spectrums in shared systems: Sometimes the universal feelings of sadness become clinical depression. Sometimes the universal feeling of nervousness can become clinical anxiety. We describe difficulties in processing life events in terms of trauma. We look at compounding impact of transitions as stress. Therapy presents a unique opportunity to join with a trained helper in a safe environment for growth, healing, and change: both in feeling differently and exploring life changes.
The human experience presents unique challenges, opportunities, victories, and struggles for us all; we experience life and our feelings on various spectrums in shared systems: Sometimes the universal feelings of sadness become clinical depression. Sometimes the universal feeling of nervousness can become clinical anxiety. We describe difficulties in processing life events in terms of trauma. We look at compounding impact of transitions as stress. Therapy presents a unique opportunity to join with a trained helper in a safe environment for growth, healing, and change: both in feeling differently and exploring life changes.
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Sports Performance Therapists
How does sports psychology work?
Sports psychology helps athletes identify and overcome challenges, such as perfectionism or a fear of failure, and improve key mental skills, such as confidence or concentration. By applying principles and techniques from psychology, such as goal-setting, visualization, positive self-talk, and emotion regulation, sports psychologists help athletes improve their performance on the field and their well-being overall.
How long does treatment for a sports-related problem take?
The duration of sports psychology treatment depends on the athlete’s individual challenges, goals, the complexity of the interventions used, and even on the length of the season. A performance anxiety issue may be treated with a short-term treatment, like Cognitive behavioural therapy, while issues such as depression, substance abuse, or severe anxiety may require longer-term treatments.
How effective is treatment for sports performance problems?
Sports psychology has been shown to improve performance and help athletes manage their emotions. Sports psychology can be effective in boosting performance, team dynamics, and injury rehabilitation. Over the past decade, nearly every professional sports team in every major sport has added a sports psychologist to its staff. Many colleges have done the same, and even some high school programs have done the same. Olympic hopefuls may consult with sports psychologists starting in elementary school.
What are the limitations of sports psychology?
Sports psychology may have several limitations. Every athlete is unique and may respond differently to sports psychology treatments. Therapy can help an athlete reach their potential; it can help athletes cope with injury and pain, but it cannot change the physical limitations that may be affecting an athlete’s performance.