Hey, I'm Dr. Nicole!
I’m a licensed clinical + sport psychologist.
About Dr. Nicole Linen
(she/her)
I provide clinical + sport/performance psychology counseling to adolescents and adults and consultation services to teams, organizations, and athletic personnel. I am a licensed psychologist and a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP).
I believe in humanity first. I strive personally and professionally to treat all people with kindness and respect regardless of their identities. Whatever your race or ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, religious or spiritual beliefs, education, + socioeconomic status, you deserve to be heard, understood, and validated.
About My Work
Sport + Performance Psychology
Individual + Group Counseling
Workshops +
Presentations
Helping athletes, performing artists, and executives improve their performance using mental skills.
Individual counseling for adolescents and adults to help enhance their lives.
Tailored for teams, groups, and organizations to learn, problem-solve, and create change.
Sport + Performance Psychology
Dr. Nicole is specially trained to help teams and individuals identify, develop, and use mental skills to improve their performance in sports, performing arts, and business. There may be a number of specific goals, but the main objective is to teach you how to perform well consistently.
Sport + Performance psychology might help you:
- Increase your focus
- Relax under pressure
- Build confidence
- Improve communication
- Increase positive self-talk
- Set + achieve goals
- Deal with an injury
- Transition out of sport
Individual + Group Counseling
Life happens to everyone, and sometimes we need extra support figuring things out. Dr. Nicole specializes in helping folks find strategies to overcome what life throws at them. By honoring your identities and collaborating with you, the goal is to use your strengths to help you be a better you.
Individual + Group counseling might help you:
- Manage your mood
- Deal with stress
- Work through anger
- Find some balance
- Set healthy boundaries
- Handle complicated relationships
- Explore your identity
- Get unstuck
Workshops + Presentations
Chances are you have been in a meeting, and you were probably bored.
Dr. Nicole’s group workshops + presentations are like meetings...but better. With Dr. Nicole’s help, some good energy, and a little structure, you and your team or organization can have meaningful collaboration, learn something useful, and create solutions you can actually implement.
Workshops + Presentations topics include:
- Mental Health 101
- Self-Care + Total Wellness
- Coaching the Coach
- Mental Health + Sports
- Mental Toughness
- Team Dynamics + Communication
- Stress Management
- Leadership Development
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, + Justice
Common Questions
Here are some questions I get asked the most:
"What is a sport psychologist?”
“What do you actually do every day?”
"How did you become a
sport psychologist?"
I use my psychological knowledge and skills to help athletes, athletic personnel (like coaches, administrators, and athletic trainers), performers, and executives be their best mentally.
I work in a wide range of settings, levels of competition, and ages, from recreational youth athletes to professional and Olympic athletes.
I get to do lots of different things. Some days I have one-on-one clients who are working on being better versions of themselves. Other days I get to talk with big groups of people about how to get better and win--in sport or in the boardroom. And sometimes I’m on the sidelines at practices or games observing. Whatever I’m doing, I’m having fun.
The major requirements to being a sport psychologist are having a doctoral degree in a primary area of psychology and being licensed as a psychologist--this is how I learned all the clinical stuff. After graduation, I took extra classes and worked extra hours to become a CMPC--this is how I learned the sport + performance stuff.
My Background
(I went to school for a long time.)
Wright State University
Licensed Psychologist
Association of Applied Sport Psychology
Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology
Clinical & Sport Psychology Focus
Certified Mental Performance Consultant
Ready to get better together? Let’s connect!
for scheduling or more information, contact me:
DrNicole@DrNicoleLinen.com