
Breaking Down the Stigma of Using a Sport Psychologist
Recently I was sending out emails to potential networking sources and sent one to the President of a local sports organization. His response to me was "Thankfully none of my players need your services." I was struck by the word thankfully. At first I thought perhaps I did not represent what I do well enough, but a rereading of my email did not show me that. All I came up with was the question why the stigma of seeing a sport psychologist? We live in a society that is inundate