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Getting Over the Yips
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How to Effectively Manage Performance Anxiety and Yips in Your Golf Game written by Benjamin Snyder, Ph.D. All golfers share a similar story that starts the same way: Walking up to the green and seeing a makeable putt. We know we should make this putt. We walk back forth, checking and rechecking our Read More
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Parents’ Guide to Children and Technology:
The iGen Generation Today’s children are part of the iGen generation. They are called iGen because they have never known a world without an iPhone, which was introduced in 2007. While the benefits of technology are numerous, children know more about the variety of popular phone apps than their parents. Parents are called “digital Read More
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Fear of Public Speaking and the Effects on Performance
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Written by: Abigail Saneholtz, Psy.D Effective communication is an essential part of building relationships, expected across work settings and occurs regularly within school projects. Glossophobia or the fear of public speaking is a common challenge that affects approximately 73% of the population according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Such fears impact a Read More
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Is Sports Psychology Important?
Written by Geoffrey Peal Psy. D. Why Waste My Time on Sports Psychology? I Need to Practice! Time management is one of the most difficult things (non-professional) athletes of all ages encounter. Starting in high school, or even middle school for some, the athlete’s day becomes a battle of competing interests between keeping up Read More
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Family Estrangement
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The Effects of Family Estrangement By Lynda Gurvitz, Ph.D. The loss of a family member to death can be devastating. However, the feelings of rejection and bewilderment that often accompanies the loss of a child, sibling or parent to estrangement causes its own unique pain. Family estrangement is defined as one or more relatives Read More
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Coaching Goes Far Beyond Performance on the Field
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By Benjamin Snyder, Ph.D. Some Coaching Lessons Create a Recipe for Off Field Success In the field of psychology, self-determination theory states that environments that promote autonomy, competence, and relatedness are necessary for the development of adaptive functioning and psychological growth. This means that individuals who are taught that they are in control of Read More