Why "Sports Psychologist" Scares Athletes

Hello all you blog readers! My name is Dr. Patrick Cohn. I’m an expert in sports psychology and peak performance. I do not call myself a sports psychologist because I am not a psychologist. For this reason, I prefer the title “master mental game coach” because I teach other coaches and professional my mental training system.

One of the reasons I do not call myself a sports psychologist (even when others refer to me as one) is because I am not licensed as a clinical psychologist in the state of Florida. So by law, I can’t use this title. Anyway, I think mental game coach is more descriptive and more likely to be embraced by athletes and coaching.

Why? I think “psychology” gets a bumb rap. Most athletes are afraid of psychologists and psychology – thinking that you must have something wrong with you if you work with a “sports psychologist.”

But this is far from the truth of what I really do with athletes. I am an educator, a coach, a peak performance specialist trying to help ordinary people excel and reach their goals! If everyone understood this concept, it would be easier for athletes and coaches to reach out for help!

Is anyone reading my first blog? If you want to reach me, you can do so my contacting me through peaksports.com website as I don’t give out my email on the net (you know why). For more information on sports psychology, you can visit my online mental training site.

Patrick J. Cohn, Ph.D.