Frequently Asked Questions

Persistence Psych, LLC (PP) provides Mental Performance Training to help individuals and groups/teams enhance performance using evidence-based principles from the field commonly known as sport and performance psychology. Our purpose is to help clients develop skills such as focus, confidence, motivation, emotional regulation, and resilience in order to perform more consistently at the upper range of their abilities and to more fully enjoy the performance process (Portenga, Aoyagi, & Cohen, 2017).

Learning and applying mental performance skills can be challenging and, at times, uncomfortable. This discomfort often reflects meaningful growth and progress. PP has made every effort to accurately represent its services and professional role in a manner consistent with the laws and regulations governing practice in the jurisdiction(s) in which services are provided.

Mental Performance Consulting vs. Mental Health Services

PP provides mental performance consulting only. Consultants are not licensed mental health providers and do not offer counseling, psychotherapy, or treatment for mental illness or mental health disorders. Mental performance consulting is focused on performance enhancement, skill development, and personal growth within performance contexts (e.g., sport, school, work, military, or performing arts), not on diagnosis or treatment of psychological conditions.

The term sport psychologist is a legally protected title in many jurisdictions and typically refers to a licensed psychologist with specialized training in sport. The field of sport and performance psychology refers broadly to the academic and applied study of performance, while mental performance consulting refers specifically to the delivery of performance-based services by trained consultants who are not practicing as psychologists or therapists.

While regular counseling or psychological services may be very beneficial for a performer, performance psychology professionals have a deeper understanding of the challenges and stressors that are unique to performance. Providers are also more aware of the cultural and traditional factors that can affect athletes and performers.  

The purpose of sport and performance psychology (“mental performance”) is to utilize psychological principles of human performance to help people consistently perform in the upper range of their capabilities and more thoroughly enjoy the performance process (Portenga, Aoyagi, & Cohen, 2017). Sport and performance psychology does not constitute the practice of psychology or psychotherapy. Persistence Psych, LLC consultants are not licensed therapists and are instead Mental Performance Consultants. Mental Performance practice is not utilized for the purpose of identifying or treating mental illness or other mental health disorders. If, in the course of the consultation, the consultant becomes aware of an issue that the consultant is not trained to handle, the consultant will immediately inform the client, or his or her parent, and advise the client to seek assistance from a provider with subject matter expertise

Yes! We work with all performers and anyone who is supporting or working with a performer. This could be teachers, coaches, students, physical therapists, directors, parents, peers, etc. 

Yes! We can offer phone calls, text messages, zoom meetings and even in person support as long as it is cleared by the performance organization. 

Although we automatically think of athletes or performing artists, there are many different types of performers. Anyone who needs to PERFORM a task in a stressful situation is a performer. So we believe that students, business people, soldiers, and doctors as performers too.