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Athletic Counseling & Sport Psychology Workshop for Therapists

Strategies to Improve Mental Health, Performance & Resilience in all Athletes

Speaker:
Carrie Farrell
Duration:
12 hours
Copyright:
May 04, 2026
Publisher:
PESI, Inc.
Product Code:
RNV150677
Media Type:
DVD - Also available: Digital Seminar | Live Webinar


Description

Therapists who can help athletes are in high demand.

Whether it’s youth sports, masters’ racing, or pro athletes – one thing is clear …

Addressing mental health struggles is crucial to improved performance, well-being, and enjoyment.

This training is the key to helping athletes manage mental health disorders, perfectionism, injuries, eating disorders, parental pressures, burnout, life-after-sport, and more – so they can live their best life.

You’ll watch Carrie Farrell, LMHC, former Division 1 Softball coach, accomplished athlete, renown speaker, and sought after therapist by athletes, their families, sports facilities and institutions. In this training you’ll learn the ins-and-outs of supporting athletes across the lifespan overcome common challenges to success.

Walk away equipped to:

  • Offer real solutions and empathy to athletes facing extreme pressure, burnout, and overcommitment
  • Treat athletes struggling with mental health diagnoses from anxiety, depression, ADHD, and more to those in acute mental health crises
  • Support athletes suffering in silence and those with ‘troubled’ or chaotic home lives
  • Help navigate identity, self-hate, life-after-sport, self-worth and other common problems
  • Support clients with performance anxiety, perfectionism, and set backs from injury

Whether you’re working with kids, teens and adults, you’ll walk away with concrete education and training that expands your scope of practice.

Become an outstanding counselor who can provide sport psychology and athletic counseling for clients across the lifespan!

Purchase now.

Credit

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



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CE hours may be available for select professions, as listed in the target audience. Hours will be dependent on the actual recording time. Please check with your state licensing board or organization for specific requirements. 

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**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.



Speaker

Carrie Farrell's Profile

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Carrie Farrell is a licensed mental health therapist, educator, and former collegiate coach with over two decades of experience in counseling, athletics, and leadership development. As the owner of Training the Complete Athlete, Carrie provides mental health education, coaching, training, and resources to therapists, student-athletes, coaches, and athletic trainers nationwide. A national partner with the NAIA, Carrie supports over 250 colleges and universities with mental health services. In addition to her counseling work, Carrie is a sought-after speaker and trainer, presenting at national conventions and seminars on the intersection of mental health and athletics.

With a background in coaching and administration at the collegiate level, Carrie previously served as the head softball coach and assistant athletic director at Concordia University, where she focused on student-athlete welfare, leadership development, and NCAA compliance. Holding a BS in social science/teaching composite from the University of Utah and an MA in counseling from Western Seminary, Carrie is committed to equipping therapists, organizations, and athletes with the tools to thrive.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Carrie Farrell is the owner of Training the Complete Athlete. She is a mental health consultant with Seton Catholic and a mental health partner with NAIA. Carrie Farrell receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Carrie Farrell has no relevant non-financial relationships.


Additional Info

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.


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Objectives

  1. Examine the relationship between pain addiction, overtraining, and self-worth. 
  2. Identify the counselor’s role in supporting both athletes and the systems they inhabit. 
  3. Define perfectionism and its cognitive, emotional, and behavioral components in sport. 
  4. Use a recovery mindset for athletes that emphasizes acceptance and adaptability. 
  5. Identify psychological and emotional effects of sport retirement and injury loss. 
  6. Examine how athletes experience grief and identity crisis post-career. 
  7. Determine adaptive coping strategies for managing transitions and loss of structure. 
  8. Identify unique challenges faced by college-bound and professional athletes. 
  9. Choose counseling tools for balancing mental wellness and performance at advanced levels. 
  10. Determine realistic expectations for athletes and parents during recruitment. 
  11. Utilize psychological strategies such as imagery, self-talk, and mindfulness to improve performance. 
  12. Choose emotional and behavioral regulation techniques for stress and arousal control.

Outline

The Athlete Identity

  • When identity is tied to performance
  • The role of social group
  • Competition reinforcement
  • External validation: “pats on the back”
  • Safety and connection in sport

Pain Addiction & Overtraining

  • Pain as lifestyle
  • Overtraining & over-performance
  • Fear of failure, disappointment, or letting others down
  • Balancing training & life

Judgment, Comparison & Social Media Pressures

  • Overcome cyberbullying
  • Help clients manage judgment, comparison, jealousy
  • Recruiting risks a& team discipline
  • Set appropriate limits

The Toll of Performance Through Difficulty & Abuse

  • How to treat the emotional impact of performance
  • Long-term outcomes of anger, shame, depression
  • Give clients support to express pain and get help
  • Overcome learned negative coping patterns

Sports Psychology Techniques for Stress

  • Arousal regulation: Managing stress, anxiety, and activation
  • Applied performance strategies
  • The importance of pre-event routines
  • How mindfulness and “flow” can help
  • Biofeedback and relaxation techniques

The Coath-Athlete Relationship

  • Counselor’s role
  • When poor communication is the problem
  • Approaching common challenges
  • How to navigate “victimhood” narratives
  • Awards, recognition, and abuse concerns

Help Clients Navigate Perfectionism

  • Why we strive for perfection
  • Cultivating a recovery mindset
  • The limitations of talent
  • Failure as a core life skill

Skills to Support the Athlete’s Internal Struggle

  • The roots of self-hate & internal criticism
  • Harsh judgment from upbringing
  • Unrealistic self-comparisons
  • When outside pressures get magnified
  • Identity struggles, “not good enough”

Disordered Eating & Sleep Issues

  • Counselor’s role: Education, support, referral
  • Identify and treating common eating concerns
  • Recognize unique sleep concerns for athletes
  • Travel & time zone effects on mental health

Youth Sports & Developmental Risks

  • Parent identity/social status tied to athlete success
  • The impact of different parenting styles
  • Systemic challenges to youth athletics
  • Psychosocial risks
  • Staying aware of equity concerns

The Recruiting Process

  • How to navigate with “Lawnmower” parents
  • Help clients understand where they belong
  • Tips to support clients correspondence with schools
  • Keys to having successful campus/team visits

Special Populations & Life After Sport

  • Identity development during transition
  • Higher stakes, financial pressures, and public scrutiny
  • Grieving sport identity, community, competition
  • Risk of substance use for pain & mental distress
  • Using sport skills in career & life, maintaining competitive drive
  • Networking, staying healthy, finding purpose

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologist
  • Psychotherapists
  • Therapists
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Case Managers
  • Physicians
  • Nurses
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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