Mindful Sport Performance Enhancement (MSPE)

An evidence-based program to help athletes reach peak performance

  • How often do you hear your child’s coach say things like, “focus, get your head in the game, calm down, or breathe?”
  • What has your coach done to teach your child how to do these things?
  • With up to 90% of the game being mental, and no instructions given on how to do this, you can only imagine how confusing this is for your child.
  • There are hundreds of clinical articles on mindfulness in sports, and hundreds of collegiate and professional teams and athletes that use mindfulness for sports performance enhancement.

 

This program is for your athlete if:

  • They struggle with athletic performance
  • They experience anxiety, nervousness, or worry before or during athletic events
  • They would like to gain confidence, enjoy their sport more, and play at their peak

 

 Program Details:

  • This program is offered as either 1-1 coaching sessions with individual athletes or on a group/team basis by request. We currently do not have a group planned but are open to working with a team/group of athletes if interested.
  • Can include athletes from all sports
  • Training will be held primarily in-person and outside, location is flexible
  • Classes include education, experiential mindfulness exercises, and discussion, as well as recommendations for home practice
  • Groups can meet on a weekday evening, day and time to be mutually determined
  • Led by two MSPE trained instructors: Laura Chackes, Psy.D. and Elizabeth Ernest, LMSW, S-MFT, a collegiate athlete and therapist at The Center for Mindfulness & CBT
  • For more information, email Elizabeth@mindfulstl.com, call 812-454-6913, or click “Register” below.
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Find your flow.

$45 per hour long class per person

Led By

Laura Chackes, Psy.D, licensed psychologist and owner of The Center for Mindfulness & CBT, is a trained MSPE instructor. Dr. Chackes teaches mindfulness courses to children, teens, and adults, and recently received specialized training in this mindfulness training for athletes.

Elizabeth Ernest, LMSW, S-MFT, a trained MSPE intructor, is a former college athlete and a current therapist at The Center for Mindfulness & CBT. Elizabeth works primarily with children, teens, and families, and has a special interest in working with young athletes.

Where
Location to be mutually determined
When
Weekday evening, day and time to be mutually determined