Sports Performance Therapists in Shaw, Washington, DC
Sports psychology, infertility, anxiety disorders, narcissistic abuse recovery, trauma/EMDR, parenting support and executive coaching are interest areas.
Are you in an unhealthy relationship? Is it hard for you to set boundaries with significant others? Do you have difficulty making decisions? Doubting yourself or feeling like an imposter can make tough times (and difficult decisions) even tougher. I can help you explore and develop a greater understanding and appreciation of your authentic self. Our bodies do keep the score, so it’s vital to connect mind and body. Unprocessed trauma can block that connection. Once our nervous system is regulated, everything seems to fall into place: Anxiety decreases, as does pain perception, while cognitive and creative capabilities increase.
Sports psychology, infertility, anxiety disorders, narcissistic abuse recovery, trauma/EMDR, parenting support and executive coaching are interest areas.
Are you in an unhealthy relationship? Is it hard for you to set boundaries with significant others? Do you have difficulty making decisions? Doubting yourself or feeling like an imposter can make tough times (and difficult decisions) even tougher. I can help you explore and develop a greater understanding and appreciation of your authentic self. Our bodies do keep the score, so it’s vital to connect mind and body. Unprocessed trauma can block that connection. Once our nervous system is regulated, everything seems to fall into place: Anxiety decreases, as does pain perception, while cognitive and creative capabilities increase.
My name is McKenna Polak and I am a Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor (LGPC) working at a private counseling practice, MBS Performance Counseling in Frederick, MD. We provide counseling services to adolescents with a specific focus on athletes; helping them manage anxiety, doubt, and fear in their sport, in the classroom, and in their lives. Student-athletes deal with specific challenges and demands which, as a former college athlete and coach, I understand. The MBS Performance Counseling approach is specifically geared to build resilience, grit, and self confidence in athletes age 10-24!
My name is McKenna Polak and I am a Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor (LGPC) working at a private counseling practice, MBS Performance Counseling in Frederick, MD. We provide counseling services to adolescents with a specific focus on athletes; helping them manage anxiety, doubt, and fear in their sport, in the classroom, and in their lives. Student-athletes deal with specific challenges and demands which, as a former college athlete and coach, I understand. The MBS Performance Counseling approach is specifically geared to build resilience, grit, and self confidence in athletes age 10-24!
I am committed to providing a safe space in an effort to encourage you to bring all of yourself to therapy. I am supportive and direct. I will advocate for you and challenge you to be curious about your own lens. Therapy is hard work; humor is central to this process. We can all benefit from being more playful and taking ourselves less seriously. I integrate several orientations, including psychodynamic theory, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindfulness practices—depending on your needs. I will meet you on your own terms and we will make sense together.
I am committed to providing a safe space in an effort to encourage you to bring all of yourself to therapy. I am supportive and direct. I will advocate for you and challenge you to be curious about your own lens. Therapy is hard work; humor is central to this process. We can all benefit from being more playful and taking ourselves less seriously. I integrate several orientations, including psychodynamic theory, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindfulness practices—depending on your needs. I will meet you on your own terms and we will make sense together.
My ideal client is someone who has spent much of their life holding it all together, often in silence. They may be grieving, navigating anxiety, or feeling stuck in patterns that no longer serve them—despite years of effort. Many are healing from emotionally unavailable parenting, childhood trauma, or recent loss. They want to feel more present, connected, and at ease in their relationships and within themselves. Most of all, they’re ready to begin understanding not just why they feel this way, but how to truly heal.
My ideal client is someone who has spent much of their life holding it all together, often in silence. They may be grieving, navigating anxiety, or feeling stuck in patterns that no longer serve them—despite years of effort. Many are healing from emotionally unavailable parenting, childhood trauma, or recent loss. They want to feel more present, connected, and at ease in their relationships and within themselves. Most of all, they’re ready to begin understanding not just why they feel this way, but how to truly heal.
Nun Sava-Siva Amen-Ra
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, DrPH, MA, MSEd, MSW, LMSW
Verified Verified
Serves Area
All psychological issues are ultimately existential in origin, entailing a confrontation with death, loss, meaning, purpose and value. All that we do (knowingly or unknowingly) is dedicated to deciphering these daunting and irrepressible demands of existence. Few are successful in resolving or even clearly conceptualizing these existential issues and their minds inevitably descend into despair, depression and anxiety. Some seek to assuage their suffering with psychoactive substances (illicit and licit) and this leads only to addiction and abdication of autonomy over one's authentic self. My System offers a solution.
All psychological issues are ultimately existential in origin, entailing a confrontation with death, loss, meaning, purpose and value. All that we do (knowingly or unknowingly) is dedicated to deciphering these daunting and irrepressible demands of existence. Few are successful in resolving or even clearly conceptualizing these existential issues and their minds inevitably descend into despair, depression and anxiety. Some seek to assuage their suffering with psychoactive substances (illicit and licit) and this leads only to addiction and abdication of autonomy over one's authentic self. My System offers a solution.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in Washington D.C. My approach to therapy is always person-centered and focused on finding ways to cope with challenges, identifying strategies that work best for the individual, and ultimately finding a lasting solution to your challenges. I typically work with teens and young adults experiencing depression and/or anxiety. These are the conditions I am most comfortable treating; however, I have been able to work successfully with clients who have been diagnosed with ADHD, bipolar disorder, conduct disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and schizophrenia.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in Washington D.C. My approach to therapy is always person-centered and focused on finding ways to cope with challenges, identifying strategies that work best for the individual, and ultimately finding a lasting solution to your challenges. I typically work with teens and young adults experiencing depression and/or anxiety. These are the conditions I am most comfortable treating; however, I have been able to work successfully with clients who have been diagnosed with ADHD, bipolar disorder, conduct disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and schizophrenia.
Change can be frightening but exhilarating as well. As a psychotherapist helping people cope with various obstacles in life, I have come to believe we all have the potential to be successful and possess the tools we need to achieve our goals. The pace and direction will be up to you. I will help you think about your life issues and concerns differently and together we will develop strategies to handle them more effectively. Also, VASAP approved assessment and/ or sessions.
Change can be frightening but exhilarating as well. As a psychotherapist helping people cope with various obstacles in life, I have come to believe we all have the potential to be successful and possess the tools we need to achieve our goals. The pace and direction will be up to you. I will help you think about your life issues and concerns differently and together we will develop strategies to handle them more effectively. Also, VASAP approved assessment and/ or sessions.
Kaleidoscope Wellness and Education Group, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, LCSW-C, LMSW
Verified Verified
Online Only
Kaleidoscope Wellness and Education Group, LLC (Kaleidoscope) provides mental health services to children, youth and their families with a focus on those who are underserved and marginalized. Kaleidoscope exists to ensure that children and youth, especially those who identify as a member of a minority group, are afforded the tools they need to live abundantly. We help our clients develop strategies and skills that help them combat the difficulties that prevent them functioning optimally day-to-day.
Kaleidoscope Wellness and Education Group, LLC (Kaleidoscope) provides mental health services to children, youth and their families with a focus on those who are underserved and marginalized. Kaleidoscope exists to ensure that children and youth, especially those who identify as a member of a minority group, are afforded the tools they need to live abundantly. We help our clients develop strategies and skills that help them combat the difficulties that prevent them functioning optimally day-to-day.
Dr. Shanéa Patrice Thomas
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, LCSW-C
Verified Verified
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
In my practice, I welcome the awkward, the bright, and the colorful. Those who are willing to laugh deeply and cry openly, as well as those who find the bravery in just being. In whoever you are, let therapy and counseling be the choice you make for yourself in order to how to carve out your own boundaries, space, and liberation. This life is all about cycles, and having someone by your side for support can be beneficial.
In my practice, I welcome the awkward, the bright, and the colorful. Those who are willing to laugh deeply and cry openly, as well as those who find the bravery in just being. In whoever you are, let therapy and counseling be the choice you make for yourself in order to how to carve out your own boundaries, space, and liberation. This life is all about cycles, and having someone by your side for support can be beneficial.
Climbing Mountains Wellness, PLLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Serves Area
Please EMAIL. Now offering holistic services: EMDR/Brainspotting/Parts work, IFS informed and biofield healing intensives. Experience rapid healing for personal and professional growth. Intensives allow you to work more intensely rather than using a week-to-week model. They are customized to meet your needs and can be anywhere from 3 to 6 hours. Intensives can be stand alone or adjunct to your weekly therapy. We also offer intensive retreats in Central and South America for healers. EMAIL only to inquire about our retreats.
Please EMAIL. Now offering holistic services: EMDR/Brainspotting/Parts work, IFS informed and biofield healing intensives. Experience rapid healing for personal and professional growth. Intensives allow you to work more intensely rather than using a week-to-week model. They are customized to meet your needs and can be anywhere from 3 to 6 hours. Intensives can be stand alone or adjunct to your weekly therapy. We also offer intensive retreats in Central and South America for healers. EMAIL only to inquire about our retreats.
Deborah G Meisel
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW, LCSW-C
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Serves Area
Accepting new patients- I am a seasoned clinician with extensive experience as a therapist for adolescents, adults, couples, parents, and families from various cultural backgrounds. My goal is to team with clients to reach a better emotional place. Working with your personal strengths and specific goals, we can help you gain new skills to cope with and overcome your challenges. My style is collaborative and we can find solutions together. Success requires honesty, understanding, strong communication skills, and a willingness to work through difficulties. Often people shy away from getting help.
Accepting new patients- I am a seasoned clinician with extensive experience as a therapist for adolescents, adults, couples, parents, and families from various cultural backgrounds. My goal is to team with clients to reach a better emotional place. Working with your personal strengths and specific goals, we can help you gain new skills to cope with and overcome your challenges. My style is collaborative and we can find solutions together. Success requires honesty, understanding, strong communication skills, and a willingness to work through difficulties. Often people shy away from getting help.
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D'Angelo Taylor
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LCMHC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Overcoming mental and emotional challenges can be difficult, but even more when you feel like you are dealing with them alone. It's not always easy finding someone who's willing to listen and understands from a culturally responsive lens, especially when discussing personal challenges that have been discouraged outside of the home. Stress can come from many different avenues of life (career, family, relationships, society, and culture, etc) and can bring about depressions, anxiety, anger, isolation, and low-self esteem. It's not easy learning healthy ways to cope, managing your symptoms, and even recognizing that there's a problem.
Overcoming mental and emotional challenges can be difficult, but even more when you feel like you are dealing with them alone. It's not always easy finding someone who's willing to listen and understands from a culturally responsive lens, especially when discussing personal challenges that have been discouraged outside of the home. Stress can come from many different avenues of life (career, family, relationships, society, and culture, etc) and can bring about depressions, anxiety, anger, isolation, and low-self esteem. It's not easy learning healthy ways to cope, managing your symptoms, and even recognizing that there's a problem.
Jillian Holguin, LCSW
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CCTP-II
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Online Only
My ideal client would be a client looking for a well-rounded, non-judgmental, real, and down to earth female therapist that is fully engaged and committed to their sessions. I like to take a collaborative approach with my clients to provide objective guidance assisting with identifying their needs-conducive towards their goals that they want to achieve for themselves. Positive energy and putting the body in a relaxed body state that I can help teach self regulation skills for my clients to accelerate towards self-actualization. I can best serve my clients who seek structure and goal orientation to best meet their needs.
My ideal client would be a client looking for a well-rounded, non-judgmental, real, and down to earth female therapist that is fully engaged and committed to their sessions. I like to take a collaborative approach with my clients to provide objective guidance assisting with identifying their needs-conducive towards their goals that they want to achieve for themselves. Positive energy and putting the body in a relaxed body state that I can help teach self regulation skills for my clients to accelerate towards self-actualization. I can best serve my clients who seek structure and goal orientation to best meet their needs.
Are you or a loved one experiencing stress, anxiety, or depressive symptoms that impact your relationships, work, school behavior, and overall ability to enjoy life? Do you desire to be gentler with yourself or improve communication with a loved one? Are you at a crossroads in life and ready for assistance? If so, you are not alone—millions of people experience this daily. However, with the proper mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual skill set, you can go from merely living to genuinely thriving, experiencing life in a much more fulfilling way.
Are you or a loved one experiencing stress, anxiety, or depressive symptoms that impact your relationships, work, school behavior, and overall ability to enjoy life? Do you desire to be gentler with yourself or improve communication with a loved one? Are you at a crossroads in life and ready for assistance? If so, you are not alone—millions of people experience this daily. However, with the proper mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual skill set, you can go from merely living to genuinely thriving, experiencing life in a much more fulfilling way.
If you are seeking support for a specific issue such as anxiety, depression, relationship problems, or just hoping to feel more fulfilled and satisfied in your life, I am here to help. Together, we will build a safe environment to explore the thoughts, emotions, and patterns of behavior that may be holding you back. I am committed to helping you uncover needs, develop goals, and build in new coping skills to better manage challenges, improve overall well-being, and achieve personal growth.
If you are seeking support for a specific issue such as anxiety, depression, relationship problems, or just hoping to feel more fulfilled and satisfied in your life, I am here to help. Together, we will build a safe environment to explore the thoughts, emotions, and patterns of behavior that may be holding you back. I am committed to helping you uncover needs, develop goals, and build in new coping skills to better manage challenges, improve overall well-being, and achieve personal growth.
Dr. Victor D. Kidd
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LMSW
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Online Only
As a seasoned Psychotherapist I am committed to providing a safe, engaging, and client-centered space for individuals and couples of the Black/African American community, first responders, youth, athletes, entertainers, and professionals. My approach is centered on understanding your unique experience and guiding you through challenges like trauma, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Together, we will foster reflection, growth, and the meaningful life changes you desire. I use evidence-based therapies tailored to your needs, creating a pathway for healing. My goal is to empower and support you along the therapy journey.
As a seasoned Psychotherapist I am committed to providing a safe, engaging, and client-centered space for individuals and couples of the Black/African American community, first responders, youth, athletes, entertainers, and professionals. My approach is centered on understanding your unique experience and guiding you through challenges like trauma, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Together, we will foster reflection, growth, and the meaningful life changes you desire. I use evidence-based therapies tailored to your needs, creating a pathway for healing. My goal is to empower and support you along the therapy journey.
My 40 plus years in the mental health field have been shaped by my work in two major areas: thirty years working in a psychiatric hospital, and my on-going private practice . These two defining experiences have brought to me an awareness of the enormous resiliency of the human spirit and mind and of the capacity for everyone to achieve change in their lives. Sometimes the change is massive, sometimes it is less major, but not necessarily less important. Sometimes that change may require developing a whole new perspective on life or relationships, while at others it may only involve looking at a problem from a different angle.
My 40 plus years in the mental health field have been shaped by my work in two major areas: thirty years working in a psychiatric hospital, and my on-going private practice . These two defining experiences have brought to me an awareness of the enormous resiliency of the human spirit and mind and of the capacity for everyone to achieve change in their lives. Sometimes the change is massive, sometimes it is less major, but not necessarily less important. Sometimes that change may require developing a whole new perspective on life or relationships, while at others it may only involve looking at a problem from a different angle.
Lukin Center for Psychotherapy- Bergen County
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Serves Area
As one of the largest psychotherapy practices in Northern New Jersey, Lukin Center offers you or your loved one more options and therapy modalities so you can find the best clinician and treatment for you. Our clinicians practice at the top of their fields, with many specializing in specific age groups, life stages, or relationships. In order to bring the highest quality, evidence-based services to our clients, we truly live by the power of life-long learning. This dedication to the ongoing training of our staff enables us to provide our clients with the most cutting-edge and expert treatment available.
As one of the largest psychotherapy practices in Northern New Jersey, Lukin Center offers you or your loved one more options and therapy modalities so you can find the best clinician and treatment for you. Our clinicians practice at the top of their fields, with many specializing in specific age groups, life stages, or relationships. In order to bring the highest quality, evidence-based services to our clients, we truly live by the power of life-long learning. This dedication to the ongoing training of our staff enables us to provide our clients with the most cutting-edge and expert treatment available.
Immediate openings & online consultation bookings available - I'm an easygoing and results-oriented therapist who emphasizes open-minded collaboration. Our sessions combine your unique goals and preferences, especially for past-, present-, or future-oriented therapy, with research-proven treatments. These include CBT, SFT, classic psychodynamic therapy, improving commonly overlooked mental health foundations, and others, always applied holistically and non-dogmatically. We aim to not only explore and understand your problems but to take action, create real change, and leave you prepared to prevent backsliding.
Immediate openings & online consultation bookings available - I'm an easygoing and results-oriented therapist who emphasizes open-minded collaboration. Our sessions combine your unique goals and preferences, especially for past-, present-, or future-oriented therapy, with research-proven treatments. These include CBT, SFT, classic psychodynamic therapy, improving commonly overlooked mental health foundations, and others, always applied holistically and non-dogmatically. We aim to not only explore and understand your problems but to take action, create real change, and leave you prepared to prevent backsliding.
I am a psychology associate at The Kingsbury Wellness & Learning Group, a nonprofit organization providing exceptional psychological services to children and adults. I provide psychotherapy and comprehensive psychological evaluations to children, teens, and adults. My specialties include anxiety, depression, life transition, relationship issues, family issues, trauma, and parent coaching.
I am a psychology associate at The Kingsbury Wellness & Learning Group, a nonprofit organization providing exceptional psychological services to children and adults. I provide psychotherapy and comprehensive psychological evaluations to children, teens, and adults. My specialties include anxiety, depression, life transition, relationship issues, family issues, trauma, and parent coaching.
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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.