Question 1

What is the difference between mental performance and health and wellness coaching and psychotherapy?

Accepted Answer

Psychotherapy focuses on diagnosing and treating mental health conditions (like anxiety or depression) and is provided by licensed clinicians using evidence-based therapies. Psychotherapy means that treatment is medically necessary to alleviate symptoms and improve overall functioning. Mental performance coaching helps you build skills like confidence, focus, mindset, routines to perform your best in sport, school, work, and life. Mental performance coaches do not diagnose or treat disorders. Health & wellness coaching supports sustainable habits (sleep, stress, movement, nutrition) through goal-setting and accountability, not medical or psychiatric care. In short: therapy heals, performance coaching optimizes, and wellness coaching sustains. If clinical concerns arise, we’ll discuss referrals to appropriate mental health care.

Question 2

Do you accept insurance?

Accepted Answer

No, I do not accept insurance and I do not provide superbills. Unfortunately, coaching is not covered by insurance companies.

Question 3

What is the success rate for athletes who work with a mental performance coach?

Accepted Answer

Success looks different for everyone. The benefits of mental performance coaching are powerful: athletes often describe feeling more confident, focused, and resilient, with greater control over their mindset in high-pressure moments. Research shows that training your mind, much like training your body, can meaningfully improve performance. Just as every athlete responds differently to a new strength program, the results of mental performance work vary depending on your goals, effort, and commitment.

Many professional athletes credit mental skills training as a game-changer. Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian in history, has spoken openly about how learning strategies to manage pressure and strengthen his mindset was just as important as his physical training. His story echoes what many athletes discover: when you train your mind, performance often reaches new levels.

In short, success looks different for everyone, but the common thread is growth. Whether that’s dropping time, competing with more composure, or simply enjoying your sport again, mental performance coaching helps unlock your potential.

Question 4

What can I expect in each session and how often should I see a mental performance coach?

Accepted Answer

If this is your first visit, we’ll start with an intake and assessment session. I will go through all of the paperwork with you and gather a thorough history of your sport background and what is bringing you to mental performance coaching at this time.

Following the first session, we’ll map out a plan together. You’ll learn practical tools and skills, like focus, routines, confidence builders, and in-the-moment composure skills, to try in practice and competition. I like to think of our relationship as you are the driver of  your performance and I am your passenger, there to listen, guide, and make suggestions rooted in evidence based practice.

Early on, I typically recommend weekly or bi-weekly sessions to build momentum. As you make progress, we’ll adjust - spacing sessions out or shifting to as-needed check-ins. Some athletes move quickly, others take more time; both are normal.

We’ll decide the best pace together, and my aim is always the same: effective, focused work (no longer than necessary) so you can feel and perform better where it matters most.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between mental performance and health and wellness coaching and psychotherapy?

Do you accept insurance?

What is the success rate for athletes who work with a mental performance coach?

What can I expect in each session and how often should I see a mental performance coach?