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Sports Psychiatry and Sports Psychology Program

The Sports Psychiatry and Sports Psychology Program provides evaluation and treatment for professional, Olympic, and NCAA athletes from around the San Francisco Bay area. We also provide integrated behavioral health services to Stanford student-athletes, including a full-service sport psychology program. We provide psychological services to varsity student-athletes that foster mental health and well-being, promote excellence in educational and athletic goals, and contribute to a safe, welcoming, and multi-culturally aware athletic department and campus community.

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Conditions Treated

  • Mood disorders
  • Substance abuse
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Difficulties with anger, loneliness, or sadness
  • Attention, concentration, and academic performance difficulties
  • Motivation challenges and burnout
  • Coping with and returning from injury
  • Rest and recovery

This Program Provides

  • Confidential personal counseling and psychotherapy
  • Performance psychology consulting
  • Psychological rehabilitation from injury
  • Career counseling
  • Medication evaluation and management
  • Lifestyle interventions
  • Help identifying strengths and weaknesses in mental game
  • Help improving confidence, composure, consistency, and goal-setting

Clinic Director, Sports Psychology

Lisa Post
Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Associate Clinic Director, Sports Psychiatry

Francesco Nandkumar Dandekar
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Program Faculty

Mehak Chopra
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Scott Kutscher
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Sleep Medicine
Douglas Noordsy
Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Kelli Moran-Miller, PhD
Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Jeff Taylor, PsyD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Please visit the Sport Psychology Services page for more information about
comprehensive sport psychology services provided to support student-athletes.

For more information, please visit our Lifestyle & Sports Psychiatry Initiative.