Competitive Edge Counseling provides mental health, mental skills, and diagnostic services for athletes, teams, and athletic programs of all sizes, levels, and budgets, as well as mental skills and consulting services for businesses and executives. For all those interested in feeling better, performing better, and being better, we’ve got you covered.

INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS

Individual sessions help an athlete improve their mindset and/or deal with any psychological/emotional issues that may be impacting their performance, health, and/or well-being. Many athletes deal with a lot of pressure, performance anxiety, mental blocks or loss of confidence. At Competitive Edge Counseling, we individualize each session for the athlete/performer/coach. We work with them to build a strong mindset that is not only applicable in sport, but also in many areas in life. Common topics include, but are not limited to: anxiety, confidence, consistency, depression, energy management, general mental health issues, goal setting, imagery, leadership, mindful behavior, motivation, recruiting, relaxation techniques, team roles, transitions, translating practice performance into game performance, values, and visualization.

GROUP / TEAM WORK

Group or team meetings are efficient and engaging ways to bring mindset training to a group of athletes and/or coaches. They can provide athletes with individualized skills training, awareness on group/team dynamics, and tools to foster a culture and supportive environment among the team. Team settings are experiential and interactive, benefitting athletes as they are able to learn from each other. Sessions allow teams to explore group concepts such as trust, team dynamics, leadership, team values, and team norms. Each session is highly customized, with our sport psychologists getting upfront input from the coaching staff or management team. Group or team sessions can include athletes and/or coaches, depending on the group.

BUSINESSES

While the details vary from individual to individual and environment to environment, performance is performance. And in the pressure – packed climate of modern era business, the stakes couldn’t higher. Competitive Edge Counseling works with business executives and leaders to provide comprehensive mindset training designed to overcome mental blocks, accelerate skill acquisition, and optimize motivation, confidence, resilience, and performance under pressure. For over a decade, we’ve helped some of the nation’s most notable businesses and business leaders weed out the mental trash and maintain stability in times of increasing uncertainty and flux.

SPEAKING

Workshops and presentations aim to educate athletes, teams, coaches, parents, athletic trainers, and sport medicine personnel on topics related to mindset training techniques and athlete mental health. Examples might include: stress-management; anger management; leadership development; communication skills; performance anxiety; increasing athlete motivation; the psychology of teams; overcoming mental blocks; dealing with frustration; building confidence, spotting and addressing general mental health problems in athletes (e.g., depression, anxiety, eating disorders, adjustment problems, substance abuse, etc.); managing suicide or self-harm crisis and response; coping with injury; and preventing psychological problems.