Sheri Locklear joined our team in 2024 after practicing in Alaska and now has returned home to Acworth to be closer to her family. Sheri is a certified Mental Performance Coach (MPC) which is a form of psychotherapy aimed at improving human performance in sports and all areas of a person’s life. Sheri not only works with athletes but also can incorporate her MPC skills into other cases. Specifically, MPC therapies enhance the following areas:
- Enhanced Focus & Concentration: Enables athletes to stay present and maintain focus in high pressure situations. This is also very useful for people with attention deficits.
- Improved Confidence & Self Esteem: MPC’s use various techniques like visualization, positive self-talk and affirmations to help athletes believe in their abilities, recover from setbacks and build resiliency.
- Better Emotional Regulation: Managing emotions like frustration, anger and anxiety reduce reactions which may hinder an athlete’s performance.
- Stress Management: The pressure to perform for both athletes and students can lead to excessive stress and burnout. MPC’s enable their clients to recognize stress triggers and mitigate them turning them into positives.
- Goal Setting & Motivation: Setting clear, achievable goals is crucial in sports and life. MPC’s aid in realistic goal setting, helping their clients achieve more and consistently over time.
- Developing a Growth Mindset: A growth mindset is key to long-term success in all areas of one’s life. MPC’s change their client’s mindset to one where the person views challenges as opportunities which leads to more adaptive thinking and problem-solving skills.
Sheri also integrates her MPC skills into most all of her cases and it has yielded excellent outcomes for all her patients, especially people who are neurodivergent or suffer from treatment resistant depression. As well because of Sheri’s affiliation with Triad Psych she can often bill insurance for these services. If you believe you or someone you know could benefit from Mental Performance Coaching, please contact Triad at 470-338-3488 or [email protected]