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2-Day Athletic Counseling & Sport Psychology Workshop for Therapists

2-Day Athletic Counseling & Sport Psychology Workshop for Therapists

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2027
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21-22
2027
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM (CST)
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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 join 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 2-day 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 way 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!

Register now.

Here's What You'll Learn


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

Everything You're Getting


  • Two Full Days of live video content
  • Up to 12.5 CE credits
  • Certificate of completion

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Meet Your Experts


Carrie Farrell, LMHC

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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.

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Access Period for Live Webcast

You will have access for 90 days after the program for review. For live CE credit, you must watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time and complete the CE quiz and evaluation within one week. Please note that this requirement may vary by credit type. Please see detailed credit information for specific requirements for each credit type.

Webcast Schedule

Please note: There will be a 70-minute lunch and two 15-minute breaks; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Lunch and break times will be announced by the speaker and at their discretion. A more detailed schedule is available upon request.

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Media Type:
Live Webinar
Product Code:
LWC150677
Brochure Code:
PWZ96376
Duration:
Two Full Days

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We would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call our Customer Service Department for more information at 1-800-844-8260.

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