Mental Health

A-Rod: Therapy Has Helped My Baseball

Published on: 6th July, 2005

A “shrink” can expand your athletic performance.
By Paul Schienberg, PhD

MOVIE NEWS: Exploring how exercise benefits each individual.

Published on: 6th September, 2004

By Paul Schienberg, PhD
In today’s modern world, we often hear individuals who exercise make statements about how they feel better than they did before they started exercising. If you were to ask these people to clarify what “better” means, most people would focus on the physical benefits. There is [...]

Depressed Athletes? Not Likely

Published on: 6th April, 2003

by Miguel Humara, Ph.D.
One of my students once asked me why there was so much research in the field of sport psychology on anxiety but very little devoted to depression. She was right, a disproportionate amount of attention has been given to anxiety disorders and eating disorders in the sport psychology literature. After giving it [...]

FEATURE: Cognitive Style AND Athletic Performance Part I: Distortions

Published on: 6th March, 2003

by Paul Schienberg, Ph.D.
The pressures of competitive sport offer ideal situations for creating irrational or distorted cognitive styles. What athletes say to themselves may not positively contribute to success. It may, in fact, lead to failure. Some athletes and their coaches believe that the best performance comes from No conscious thinking [...]

Weigth Management and Athletics

Published on: 6th January, 2003

by Paul Schienberg, Ph.D.
There was Refrigerator Perry, defensive tackle, for the football Chicago Bears. Why the nickname? He weighed well over three hundred pounds (almost the same size as a Frigidaire) and probably spent more time lifting food from shelves than lifting free-weights. He proudly boasted how many burgers and fries he ate in [...]

Stop Enabling and Help Athletes Abusing Substances

Published on: 6th October, 2002

by Paul Schienberg, Ph.D. and Miguel Humara, Ph.D.
The use of drugs and alcohol by professional athletes has become an all too common occurrence. A lthough attempts are made to help the individual receive treatment, often they fall short of their mark and the athlete is allowed to continue down the path of addiction. Intervention needs [...]

EXERCISE: Psychological Benefits of Exercise

Published on: 1st April, 2002

By Paul Schienberg, PhD
In today’s modern world, we often hear individuals who exercise make statements about how they feel better then they did before they started exercising. If you were to ask these people to clarify what “better” means, most people would focus on the physical benefits. There is no doubt that engaging [...]

MENTAL TRAINING: Techniques To Reduce Stress II

Published on: 5th February, 2002

By Paul Schienberg, PhD
INTRODUCTION: The first article in this series (Techniques to Reduce Stress I), we reviewed Diaphragmatic Breathing and Imagery techniques in reducing stress. It was noted that both can improve the positive impact on lowering stress and anxiety in an athletic situation that is being or will be encountered. This article will introduce [...]