{"id":961,"date":"2010-07-01T17:29:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-01T17:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports_psychology_blog\/?p=961"},"modified":"2025-06-13T08:05:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T12:05:46","slug":"can-you-make-a-living-as-a-mental-game-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/can-you-make-a-living-as-a-mental-game-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Make a Living as a Mental Game Coach?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/mental-coaching1.jpg\" alt=\"Mental Coach\" class=\"wp-image-6564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/mental-coaching1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/mental-coaching1-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Becoming_a_Successful_Mental_Game_Coach\"><\/span>Becoming a Successful Mental Game Coach<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Article Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #0769bf;color:#0769bf\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #0769bf;color:#0769bf\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/can-you-make-a-living-as-a-mental-game-coach\/#Becoming_a_Successful_Mental_Game_Coach\" >Becoming a Successful Mental Game Coach<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/can-you-make-a-living-as-a-mental-game-coach\/#Boost_Your_Self-Confidence_With_Mental_Game_Coaching\" >Boost Your Self-Confidence With Mental Game Coaching!<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/can-you-make-a-living-as-a-mental-game-coach\/#What_are_our_students_saying\" >What are our students saying?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m often asked by persons who want to get into <strong>mental coaching<\/strong> full time this question: <em>&#8220;Can I make a living as a mental game coach?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My short answer is &#8220;yes.&#8221; A handful of people&#8211;who don&#8217;t teach sports psychology at a university&#8211;do make a <strong>living as a mental game coach<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My long answer&#8230;. You can&#8217;t start a <strong>successful mental coaching practice<\/strong> overnight. When I began in the early 90&#8217;s, I had a few thin years. It took me at least five years to gain credibility and begin to get a foothold as a mental coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So you can become a <strong>successful mental game coach and earn a living doing it<\/strong>. And you can do it in a number of ways such as working with teams, working with individual athletes, or publishing a successful book or two, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, I&#8217;ll tell you what I reveal to my mastermind group of mental coaches: Your first priority is to do good work with athletes and help them succeed. If you help an athlete or team succeed, you can gain credibility and they spread the word to others about your work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the reason I started the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalgamecoachingpro.com\"><strong>MGCP certification course<\/strong><\/a>&#8211;to help you be successful with teaching the mental game to athletes and how to be more effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We only have two spots left in the summer course. And late registration for the summer course ends Friday, July 16th. This is the last day I can accept new students in the summer program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have not done so, please complete an application at the MGCP website:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalgamecoachingpro.com\"><strong>Mental Game Coaching Certification Course<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have already submitted your MGCP application, please email me to request the Summer 2010 enrollment forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please call me at 888-742-7225 if you have any questions about the course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patrick J. Cohn, Ph.D.<br><strong>Master Mental Game Coach<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>p.s. I started a video series for mental game coaches. The first video in the series talks about today&#8217;s topic: Can you make a living as a mental game coach:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalgamecoachingpro.com\"><strong>Mental Game Coaching Certification Course<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Boost_Your_Self-Confidence_With_Mental_Game_Coaching\"><\/span>Boost Your Self-Confidence With Mental Game Coaching!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Master mental game coach, Dr. Patrick Cohn, can help you or your athlete(s), ages 12 and up, overcome mental game issues with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sport-psychology-training-athletes\/\"><strong>personal coaching<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can work with Dr. Patrick Cohn himself in Orlando, Florida or via Skype, FaceTime, or telephone. Call us toll free at <strong>888-742-7225<\/strong> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/contact-peak-performance-sports\/\"><strong>contact us<\/strong><\/a> for more information about the different coaching programs we offer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_our_students_saying\"><\/span>What are our students saying?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cWOW!!! What a week I had. I was able to perform with a confidence that allowed my style to shine through\u2013no more entering the arena with that \u201cdeer in the headlights\u201d look or feeling. I stopped evaluating myself while I was performing, and I actually left the arena after my patterns feeling like I had experienced a lot of fun. Thank you so much.\u201d<br><\/em><strong>~Julia Dreyer, National Champion Equestrian<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Becoming a Successful Mental Game Coach I&#8217;m often asked by persons who want to get into mental coaching full time this question: &#8220;Can I make a living as a mental game coach?&#8221; My short answer is &#8220;yes.&#8221; A handful of people&#8211;who don&#8217;t teach sports psychology at a university&#8211;do make a living as a mental game coach. 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