Harrison’s Corner
Sport and Health Psychology Consultant

What is Sports Psychology?

Sports Psychology is a multidisciplinary field that focuses on the psychological factors influencing athletic and performance outcomes.

According to the APA (American Psychological Association), Sports Psychology aims to:

• Help individuals reach goals: Sports psychologists work with athletes, performers, and professionals across various domains, helping them achieve their objectives by enhancing mental skills and strategies.
• Address performance anxiety: The field also assists individuals in managing anxiety and stress that can hinder performance in diverse settings, ranging from sports arenas to corporate boardrooms.
• Promote overall well-being: Additionally, sports psychology contributes to an individual’s holistic well-being by nurturing mental resilience, self-confidence, and effective coping mechanisms, as highlighted by the APA’s various resources on this topic

Learn more at APA.org

What does a Sport and Health Psychology Consultant do?

• Sport and health psychology consultants can help coaches, athletes, or parents improve in learning, training, and performance.
• Becoming more accepted and utilized as a valuable competitive edge among athletes and coaches.
• A secret weapon in one’s mental training arsenal.

How can a Sport and Health Psychology Consultant help an individual as an athlete, a parent or relative or an athlete, or as a coach apply the knowledge to sport and health learning and performance?

• Assess your mental strengths and weaknesses as an athlete.
• Work better with your support staff.
• Learn more from your coaches.
• Guide you in your career.
• Learn mental readiness.
• Enter the zone.
• Learn how to motivate yourself.

What happens in a  session?

• Ongoing enlightening growth process, a learning experience.
• Opportunity to grow as an athlete and as a person.
• Learn more about yourself as an athlete and as a person.
• Your own mental training class and consulting session.
• Opportunity to receive personalized training from an expert in the mental game.
• A custom coaching class that focuses on your mind.
• A sport and health psychology consultant always has your best interests and well-being in mind.
• My Overall Goal: Provide services including clinical counseling and sport/health psychology services to various individuals to improve mental health, physical health, and personal growth, thereby improving overall well-being and maximizing performance.

Why Harrison McNab?

• Proven high-quality work ethic.
• Ability to form and maintain trusting relationships.
• Experienced former student-athlete (High School and College).
• Experience with working with student-athletes across the high school and collegiate levels.
• Strong foundation with the essential knowledge and fundamental skills in both clinical and sport environments.
• In the competitive arena of sport, you want every advantage you can get.
• I can be one of your most trusted advisors, and a key member of your success team.

Harrison McNab’s Education:

• B.S. Psychology, Spring Hill College, the Jesuit College of the South, Mobile, AL, May 2015
• M.A. in Counseling: Specialization in Sport and Health Psychology, Chicago, IL, April 2018

Learn more about Harrison McNab MA, LCPC

Nine Mental Skills

1. Motivation
2. Attitude
3. Goal Setting
4. Imagery
5. Concentration
6. Communication
7. Dealing with Anxiety
8. Self-talk
9. Dealing with Emotions

To schedule an appointment please call 847.359.5192 ext. 105

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