Sports Performance Therapy

In person and online therapy for teens and adults near Minneapolis and across MN

Do you find your sports performance struggling no matter how hard you try to get back on track?

You were once performing at the top of your game and now you find yourself missing the spark you once had. You were injured, physically healed, but still cannot perform at the level you once were.  No matter what you do or how hard you practice, you are still coming up short of the expectations of your coach, family, and most importantly yourself. You have tried everything with no luck leaving your confidence shaken and questioning if you’ve lost your touch.

Are you stuck “in your head” and the harder you try, the worse it gets?

The more you are stuck and unable to perform, the more you find yourself worrying about being able to do so. What if I miss the next shot? What if I get injured again? What if I let my team down? The more you focus on the “What if’s” the worse your difficulty becomes.

You are ready get back to peak performance.

Let’s resolve your performance challenges at their source.

Whether your sports performance challenges resulted from a physical injury or seemed to come out of nowhere, you have hope to get back to being your normal self. Your confidence will start to rebound and you will be able to get out of your mind and back into the game.

Brainspotting for sports performance will allow you to work through performance anxiety and blocks, let go of those “What Ifs”, allow your body system a chance to bounce back from of injuries, stress, and challenges. Elevate your performance to where you expect it to be.

Brainspotting for Sports Performance can help you…

●        Understand how your injuries, experiences, and mindset can impact your performance.

●        Address sources of performance anxiety, performance problems, “What Ifs”, and the yips at their source.

●        Build confidence, inner strengths, and mindset to be more resilient with future challenges.

●        Increase your empathy, self-acceptance, and self-forgiveness to gain control of your internal criticisms.

●        Elevate your performance and rediscover the passion for your sport.

 FAQs

  • When our performance is off, we often practice more and try harder which may leave us frustrated that we cannot break free from this problem. Many interventions for performance challenges have been from a cognitive top-down approach which include reframing thinking and adjusting thought patterns. Brainspotting takes a more bottoms-up approach allowing you to resolve challenges from deep in the brain.

  • Prior to starting Brainspotting for sports performance, we will meet for an intake to complete a detailed history of the athlete’s development, injury history, previous performance challenges, and to define goals and expectations. Brainspotting can fit in the standard 50-minute session or a longer intensive session could be consider for faster and deeper healing.

    During the session we will conduct a brief check in to understand any improvements/challenges, identify a focus for the session, and conduct the Brainspotting session. At the end of the session, we will leave a few minutes for a debrief, grounding exercise, and to discuss next steps.

  • The frequency and duration of sessions are highly dependent on the individual, the depth of their injury/trauma history, and their overall mental health background. Anecdotally, teens and young adults tend to respond more quickly than adults when overcoming repetitive sports performance problems.

  • Telehealth sessions can be as effective as in-office sessions depending on the root cause of the issue. On occasion it may be helpful to conduct a session at an alternative location such as a training facility or competition location. In those instances, the client would be responsible for additional costs for travel for the therapist. If you are interested in off-site sessions, please reach out to Dan directly to discuss details.

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