Sport Performance Counseling Services
Sport Performance Services integrates psychological concepts and the use of psychological theory within the sport domain to facilitate the emotional development and strengthen the mental skills of athletes so that they can perform at their optimal level within their chosen sport. The physical and mental aspects of sport are so dependent on each other for success that it is crucial for athletes to understand how these properties interact. When an athlete’s thoughts or emotions become unstable or unbalanced his/her physical skills can suffer. Athletes often times spend tremendous amounts of time and energy on perfecting their physical skills; yet many fall short of achieving their goals because they lack the mental preparation and the cognitive skills to compete. The
Sport Performance Counseling Services offered via the
Student Counseling and Resource Center LUCC Rm. 301 (636-949-4528) adopts the goal to educate each Student-Athlete and Coaches on core sport performance skills and concepts that will help create and promote emotional balance and well-being, focus, intensity, self-confidence and control, self-efficacy and awareness, and optimal performance consistency.
Sport Performance Counseling Services for Student-Athletes
- Goal Setting
- Focus Training
- Competitive Anxiety Management
- Self-Confidence Development
- Mental Toughness Preparation
- Positive Self-Talk Techniques
- Imagery/Visualization Training
- Pre-Competition Mental Game Planning
- Motivation and Consistency Improvement
- Counteract Perfectionism
- Combat Fear of Failure
- Effective Communication Skills Development
- Facilitate Injury Recovery
- Transition from Sport Competition
Sport Performance Counseling Services for Coaches:
- Team Goal Setting
- Team Leadership Development
- Positive Communication
- Team Confidence/Team-Efficacy
About Joe Stanley
Joe Stanley earned his Master of Science degree in Kinesiology with a concentration in Sport Psychology from the University of Texas-Pan-American in December of 2004. He is an alumnus of the University of Missouri-Columbia (1985) where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and played football for the Missouri Tigers under Head Coach Warren Powers. Currently, he is near completion of a Masters of Arts degree in Professional Counseling here at Lindenwood University and is also near the completion of his certification as a Sport Psychology Consultant through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. For the past 3 years, his practicum for certification has been under the guidance of Dr. Rick McGuire, Sport Psychologist and Head Track and Field Coach at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Joe has provided sport psychology services for the past 3 seasons to the players of the Lindenwood University Football team. This past spring (2007) he appeared on the local cable show
Primetime Sports at News Channel 20 as a guest to discuss various sport psychology issues. He is a Professional Member of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, the American Counseling Association, and the American Psychological Association. As a side note, Joe is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and has served in the past as a Strength and Conditioning Coach for the University of Missouri Football team. He joins the
Student Counseling and Resource Center (SCRC) as an intern for the upcoming spring and summer trimesters (2008) and he plans to begin his Doctoral studies (Counseling Psychology) in January 2009. You can contact Joe directly via the Lindenwood University system:
