For Athletes

This is your arena. It's time to take control.

The body wins games. The mind builds champions.

The difference between winning and wavering isn't just strength or skill — it's mindset. Whether you're pushing through a tough season, bouncing back from a mistake, or chasing a breakthrough moment, you can't separate performance from mindset. Every athlete trains their body. True champions know the real edge comes from training the mind.

As your coach for the mind, I help you build the confidence, focus, and resilience to perform at your best — on the field, in the moment, when it counts. Built for athletes where the game is as mental as it is physical.

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Call Me Coach L.A.

Therapist. Mindset Coach. Yoga Teacher.

I bridge the science of performance psychology with the art of coaching. Think of me as your coach for the mind — the missing piece to your training that powers not only your performance, but your growth as an athlete and as a person.

LCSW with 17 years in the field
Trained in EMDR with specialized application for athletes
HeartMath Certified
Yoga Teacher
Mindset Coach through Brené Brown Daring Way™ Facilitator
A lifelong athlete herself

The Bigger Picture

You are more than the game

Here's what gets lost in most performance work: you are not just an athlete. You are the training, the hard work, the gifts you were born with and the ones you built. The relationships. The faith. The identity you've been shaping since before you ever picked up a ball, a bat, a stick, or a pair of goggles. The person you are becoming is bigger than the sport you play.

That matters now, because the athlete who knows this performs with less fear and more freedom — able to actually enjoy the work and the game. And it matters later, because every athlete eventually walks off the field for the last time. The season ends. The career ends. The body changes. What's left is you.

I train the mind for the game you're in, and for the life that holds the game. The confidence, the resilience, the identity, and the self-awareness we build in session go with you — into your next game, your next chapter, the person you're becoming.

Now Offering

EMDR for Athletes

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a specialized, evidence-based therapy originally developed for trauma, now with proven application for athletes.

For performers, EMDR targets the specific moments that get stuck in the body and mind: the injury you're afraid to replay, the miss you can't shake, the pressure that won't quit, the play that broke your confidence.

Using bilateral stimulation — the same technique used by the U.S. military, Olympic teams, and professional athletes worldwide — EMDR helps you process fear, build confidence, and reduce performance anxiety. The result: faster focus, stronger resilience, and more consistent performance when it counts.

EMDR can also install new ways of thinking and lock positive body-based patterns — visualization, mechanics, pre-performance routines — into your subconscious. The work you do with your coach, strength trainer, or skills instructor gets reinforced at the neurological level.

Also Offering

HeartMath for Athletes

HeartMath is scientifically-validated nervous system training that uses real-time biofeedback to measure what's happening in your body before you perform, during competition, and in recovery. You already train your muscles — HeartMath lets you train the system underneath the muscles, the one that determines whether you're calm or spiraling in the batter's box, whether you breathe or hold on the starting line, whether your heart rate recovers between plays or stays elevated into the fourth quarter.

Coherence

A measurable state where your heart, breath, and brain are in sync. This is what performing in flow actually feels like, and we can train it.

Recovery

Faster return to baseline between high-stress moments — the difference between carrying one bad play into the next and resetting instantly.

Resilience

A nervous system that can take the load of a season, a tournament, or a breakthrough opportunity without burning out.

HeartMath has been studied for over thirty years, and is used by Navy SEALs, Olympic athletes, and Fortune 500 leaders. It's not meditation. It's training.

Who I Work With

Middle school & high school athletes
College and professional athletes
Those retired from sport, navigating what comes next

Ready when you are

Ready to train the mind?

Reach out to schedule a consultation and start building the mental edge that lasts beyond the game.

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