Sports Performance Therapists in Bexar County, TX

As a REAL sports psychologist, I have a unique practice in that I specialize in working with athletes who have the desire to take their game to the next level. Being a competitive athlete helps me relate to other competitive people in sports or business. My primary focus is on confidence building and the elimination of performance anxiety. I use a 3 tiered approach to training: Perspective Training, Mental Skills Training, and Applied Settings (if applicable at a sporting location). I am the only professional to offer that kind of travel service. We also offer Coaching Certification Programs for those who are interested in teaching.

Highest qualifications and total preparedness equals confidence and results. I was a varsity three sport high school athlete: volleyball, basketball, and softball and an academic and athletic All-American softball player in college and beyond. I received my doctorate in 2002 (age 28) and have been in the mental health field for over 20 years. I am the only licensed clinical sport psychologist in San Antonio who is certified by the Association of Applied Sport Psychology. My clinical and sport psychology extensive training gives me the credibility to work with total athlete needs, not just sport performance.

We offer mental skill training for athletes of all levels, professionals looking for an edge, weekend warriors, and anyone who wants to build a strong mental game. Skills like mental toughness, anxiety and emotion management around performance, focus, routine, visualization, and goal setting are all trainable. We take a cognitive behavioral approach, combined with sport and performance psychology principles, Self-Determination Theory, and Positive Psychology, to build a high-performance mindset. You will learn to consistently perform at the high end of your abilities and manage obstacles, slumps, or distractions when they arise.

First, I want to congratulate you for taking the first step in taking authority over your healing and wholeness journey. The stressors of life is a lot to manage alone at times. It takes a lot of strength to recognize and seek help to not just survive in this thing called life, but to also thrive. As a clinician, I help navigate clients through past and present experiences and assist in crafting a better future by working collectively with individuals (adolescents and adults), couples, and families. I provide my clients with practical coping skills to manage the challenges of life and unlearn unhealthy defense mechanisms.

I am a counselor that realizes that we all have challenges in one's life journey. I can guide you through those life obstacles. I take a holistic approach to life wellness counseling, and I foster that each person is an individual with their own life perspectives. I can help you uncover and explore options within your social context and develop the potential inside you. I believe in providing a supportive, motivating environment to enable you to learn and discover how to enhance your personal view of happiness and life's purpose.

Human problems and suffering reside with every society and have proved to be ageless. In accepting the reality of the pain and suffering one needs commitment to explore the gamut of human experiences and emerge ready to carry on with some healing and hope for tomorrow. With EMDR & Brainspotting intensives the primary goal is to leave you with the emotions, understanding, and perspectives that will lead to healthy and useful behaviors and interactions. This evidence-based therapy approach also focuses on helping improve performance in your business and sports. It also allows one to address habits and urges that impede growth.

I am a clinical psychologist with experience over twenty plus years providing family, couples, and individual counseling, play therapy, psychological assessment, and bilingual (English/Spanish) services to a client base spanning from young children to adolescents and adults. My extensive experience as a clinician and diagnostician includes working with ADHD, trauma, PTSD, anxiety based problems, depression, relational concerns, sports related concerns, and anger management, contributing to my approach to counseling grounded in the premise that the therapeutic relationship is essential in gaining meaning and resolving the conflicts that arise within our human experience.

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor. I utilize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, REBT, Rogerian person centered, Jungian Psychology, Anger Resolution Therapist. I accept insurance. I am also an LCDC substance abuse counselor. I provide guidance counseling and aim to create self awareness, build coping skills, identify self-defeating patterns of behavior, identify negative coping and faulty patterns of belief, thinking errors, etc. My therapy amounts to CBT & eclectic, psychoanalytic and psychodynamic approaches, that in my 15 years of experience, has shown to be effective treatment that creates positive results for clients.

Clients who work with Elite Performance Counseling, PLLC (EPC) want to regain their performance edge. High-achievers often struggle with anxiety—it comes with the territory. Those who achieve a lot of success in life, however, are often assumed to “have it all together.” The truth is high-achievers deal with enormous amounts of pressure to achieve bigger and better, which frequently results in unhealthy levels of stress, anxiety, depression, and ultimately a drop in quality of life. Our ability to feel healthy is impacted by how well we can leverage the mind & body so that stress can be managed and power/potential can be maximized.

You are not a diagnosis. You are an individual that just wants to have your brain be sharper; be calmer; or having your child have a better experience in school. My clients are tired of medications and want to see more permanent improvements in their daily lives. ADD, ADHD, anxiety, depression....almost everything that stems from the brain benefits from neurofeedback. Adults who feel "foggy", unmotivated and chaotic, use this therapy to optimize their brain. My clients are generally between 7 and 75 years of age. They have sleep issues, chronic stress or may not engage with others well. I can help you.

Life is filled with many challenges that may seem unbearable. Learn how to effectively manage complex emotions and process difficult experiences with Best Hopes, who offers virtual counseling sessions for people from all backgrounds in Texas. Using integrated therapies, Best Hopes can help you overcome hard times so you can start living your best life.

I am passionate about helping clients determine their desires, dreams and goals and potential obstacles to achieving those goals. Often, I am helping athletes, business leaders and students overcome anxiety, self-doubt, and other limiting factors in their path to self-discovery and growth. I view people as naturally oriented toward growth and improvement, with a passion for tapping into a person's strengths. Please consider partnering with me to develop and surpass your potential!

My approach is totally tailored to you. It is as unique as you are. You are yourself and there is only one like you- YOU! It is non-judgmental in nature and I will meet you where you are and will go at a pace that is comfortable for you. Therefore, I take the time to truly understand you, your thought processes, your personality, and unique life experiences. I am interested in honoring your past and how it affects your present. Clearing out the “clutter” you may have gathered will help you reach a clean slate. Then the potential for a new level of creating, clarity and consciousness can be added to your future.

Weekend Appointments and some afternoons at this time ONLY. Have you ever felt lost? Misunderstood? Alone? You are not the only one and I'm here to walk the healing journey with you. I’ve been a Licensed Professional Counselor for more than 14 years. My experience include different populations and age groups with a variety of challenges. I have worked in a variety of settings from hospital ,residential and partial for children, adolescents and adults, and private practice among others, including veterans, military personnel, first responders and their families.

For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to be a counselor. I have no idea why, but even as an adolescent, I was drawn to people and trying to help figure out what makes them tick. I believe that the therapeutic relationship is the most important part of the counseling experience. In that relationship, it’s very important for me to hold the space for the client. Both client and counselor need to feel that the environment is a safe space, allowing the therapeutic process to take place. That starts at the beginning, where it’s key that the client, whether new or established, feels that trust and can begin opening up.

Seeking counseling is an act of self-love and an act of self-care. It is my goal to work together to begin unravelling the layers of your story, identify patterns that may be holding you back, and cultivate new perspectives that empower you to create positive change in your own life. I provide virtual, individual, counseling sessions for both adults and adolescents. Most of my work has focused around family and relational trauma, PTSD, anxiety and depression, as well as grief and loss.

Thank you for taking the first step in seeking help. Sometimes taking this first step is the hardest for most people to take, so congratulations! My hope is to provide you with a safe place to work on whatever symptoms or concerns you are currently dealing with. I have been in the field for over 15 years and have worked with an array of populations. My experience is in the areas of trauma, PTSD, ADHD, adolescents (at-risk youth), relationship issues, divorce, and law enforcement issues. In addition, I have experience working with veterans to provide a second opinion and/or assessment in support of their VA Disability claims.

Are you a woman feeling overwhelmed by the demands of life, struggling with infertility, anxiety, stress or low self-esteem? Are you navigating a major life transition, career change, relationship challenge or are you on a personal growth journey? It is easy to feel overwhelmed and alone. It helps to find a compassionate and supportive environment where you can explore your thoughts and feelings and find practical solutions to improve your mental and emotional well-being.

Navigating life’s many challenges can be difficult. Oftentimes, we find ourselves trying to adjust to change, loss, or built up stress from day to day life. I understand the confusing experience young adults face when it feels like everyone expects you to know exactly where you’re going and how to get there; but what is really going on inside feels very scary and very lonely. You’re seeking support and I’m here with you at the starting point. With meaningful therapy, you can live a life that feels more free and full.