Sport/performance psychologist for athletes, teams & businesses • Rehabilitation psych @uwmsrehabwell • Alum @EasternMichU/@UMich/@michiganrowing • Husband/Dad
Jan 2, 2022 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
The @SeattleKraken are struggling with this scenario of scoring and then giving it right back. It really sets up perfectly for a #resilience and behavior change intervention - classic work for those of us in sport psychology. A thread 🧵: 1/13
By my count, 24 times a @SeattleKraken 3rd period goal was followed by an opponent goal. 6 (25%) happened in <1 minute; another 6 happened within 1-5 minutes. Of those 12, ~6 times the Kraken had either just taken the lead, tied the game, or gotten it to within 1. 2/13
Mar 7, 2020 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
Been quite the week here with #CoronaVirusSeattle#COVID19. As Psychology Director in the @UWMedicine#MultipleSclerosis Center, my colleagues have reached out with questions like, “Our patients are really concerned and I just don’t know what to tell them.” Long thread to follow:
I don’t have the magic answer, but I do have some thoughts that can hopefully be helpful for everyone. We have been doing work over the past 5 years on how people cope w/uncertainty and how to help people cope better w/uncertainty. Here are related recommendations:
