• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Mental Coach Certification

Mental Game Coach Certification for Coaches and Therapists

  • Home
  • About MGCP
    • About Dr. Cohn
    • Testimonials
    • Endorsements
    • Privacy Policy
    • Disclaimer
  • MGCP Programs
    • One-on-One MGCP
    • Live Certification Course
    • Self-Paced Course
    • How MGCP Program Works
    • Questions & Answers
    • MGCP Products
    • Success Stories
    • Testimonials
  • Articles
    • Videos
  • Find MGCPs
  • Apply Today!
  • Contact Us!
You are here: Home / Mental Coach Articles / A Challenge Every Mental Coach Must Overcome

A Challenge Every Mental Coach Must Overcome

April 21, 2017 By Patrick Cohn Leave a Comment

Mental Training Certification

I can’t believe that it’s been almost 25 years since I started the MGCP certification program in 1993.

The course has evolved a lot over the last decade. And it continues to improve as I receive feedback from participants each semester and questions from mental coaches.

But one big challenge still remains for all mental game specialists and sports psychologists…

How do you get coaches and athletes to feel that they need your mental game coaching services?

This is not an easy task, especially in some parts of the world where acceptance of mental training is low in general.

Unfortunately, many people view mental coaching services as a luxury more than a necessity.

My short answer to the question has four parts:

  1. Become a credible mental game coach
  2. Educate your group of athletes about the benefits of sports psychology
  3. Do outstanding work with athletes to help them succeed
  4. Use “social proof” to show that others are succeeding with mental coaching

Any practice or discipline associated with psychology (such as sports psychology) carries a negative stigma by many people – still today.

Sports psychology is not well understood by a large percent of the athletic world, especially when you compare sports psychology to other disciplines such as functional or sports-specific training.

I think most of the resistance to accepting sports psychology comes from a lack of understanding. This makes it difficult to even “get your foot in the door” despite being a competent mental coach that has a lot to offer athletes.

You probably know that credibility as a mental game coaching professional is critical to your coaching and business success…

Establishing yourself as an expert in mental game coaching will help you get more work with athletes and teams.

If you lack credibility as an authority in sports psychology or mental coaching, athletes are less willing to engage your services.

I spent more than 10 years early in my career with a lot of trial and error. I learned the hard way what helped me gain credibility as a mental coach.

Today, I’ve been fortunate to work with 1000s of athletes, teams, and performers worldwide.

Your No. 1 method to gaining credibility within your circle of influence happens when your athletes or teams “spread the word” about your coaching to others.

Nothing is more powerful than word of mouth in our line of work.

How do you think Dr. Bob Rotella became successful in the golf world? Just this one trick: His golf students thanked him after they won a tournament!

But you don’t have to start at the top. Begin with people you know who can benefit from your coaching.

Want to learn more about how to improve credibility and gain support from the athletes you work with?

Consider jump starting your career as a mental coach with the MGCP program:

https://www.mentalgamecoachingpro.com/

“I find your openness with information and willingness to help your students to excel at becoming a Mental Game Coach truly refreshing and remarkable.  I enjoyed the course and found it very practical – I was able to finish the course material and start working with clients immediately.” ~Kerri Morgan, MGCP

You can read other comments from MGCPs here:

MGCP Testimonials

Filed Under: Mental Coach Articles, Sports Psychology Certification Tagged With: AASP Certification

MGCP - Sports Psychology Certification Course

  1. The MGCP 20-chapter workbook including exercises to teach you how to identify mental game challenges and obstacles that influence performance; develop mental skills individual and team members; and improve teamwork and communication.
  2. The Athlete's Mental Edge workbook system to help you stay organized and accelerate your athletes learning and progress with mental skills.
  3. 12+ Real-life video and audio case studies to accelerate your learning of mental game coaching.
  4. MGCP Summaries, outlines and flow charts to help you understand the over mental coaching process and the phases of mental coaching taught by Dr. Cohn.
  5. Examples of mental imagery programs (hockey, dog handling, and golf) including how to create imagery scripts and audio programs for your athletes.
  6. A series of sports psychology e-books on goal setting, confidence, focus, pregame and preshot routines.
  7. Use of Dr. Cohn’s Athlete’s Mental Aptitude Profile (AMAP) and several sport-specific versions to help you identify an athlete’s or team’s mental game strengths and weaknesses.
  8. Use of the Team Cohesion Aptitude Profile (TCAP) to assess team cohesion; and a sports parent’s profile to use with sports parents.
  9. Examples of pre-seminar questionnaires to use before you give a seminar to a group to help you identify mental game challenges and areas to teach.
  10. How to do team mental game assessments efficiently using an online assessment tool.
  11. Over 160 mental game coaching “handouts” or one-page summaries and worksheets you can use to help you stay organized during sessions and as summaries for your student or team.
  12. 18 real-life case studies focusing on a different challenge in sports psychology and Dr. Cohn’s solution to each. You understand the real-life issues with athletes and how to address their mental game barriers.

Apply for sports psychology certification today!

Resources for Mental Game Coaches

Please browse our programs for mental game coaches and sports psychology professionals below. With the purchase of each program, you can upgrade to the Self-Paced Course or the Full MGCP Certification Course. Contact us at Peak Performance Sports, LLC for more details: 888-742-7225

AMAP Assessment System

The AMAP System licenses to you our exclusive mental game assessment. You learn how how to easily identify your athletes’ mental game challenges, what mental game issues to look, and how to do a summary of the AMAP. The AMAP has several purposes beyond its use as an assessment tool.

BUY NOW

OR READ MORE

Mental Game Assessments

Athlete's Mental Edge Workbooks

The Athlete’s Mental Edge workbook system 2.0 is designed for both mental coaches and sports team coaches. And no matter if you are a 20-year mental coach veteran or just starting your career as a mental coach, you’ll love the simplicity of the workbooks, and your athletes will appreciate your organization.

BUY NOW

OR READ MORE

Workbooks for Mental Coaches

Mental Coaches' Playbook

The Mental Coach's Playbook is a tool for mental coaches to help them improve efficiency and success as a mental game coach working with sports parents and their young athletes. Learn the top issues for young athletes and their parents. Learn how to be more successful when working with young athletes. Digital Download Only.

BUY NOW

OR READ MORE

Working with Sports Parents

Improving Credibility for Mental Coaches

This program helps new and experienced mental coaches gain credibility in your field of expertise. In “Improving Credibility,” sports psychology professionals learn how to get organized with your business documents, how to harness social proof from athletes and coaches, and learn the top tactics to improve your credibility as a mental coach.

BUY NOW

OR READ MORE

Mental Coach Credibility Program

Call 888-742-7225 for More Information

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

MGCP Certification Program

Sports Psychology Certification

Mental Coach Mentor Videos

Sports Psychology Certification
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • YouTube

MGCP Sports Psychology Certification

  • Course Options
  • One-on-One Course
  • Certification Course
  • Self-Paced Course
  • How it Works
  • Questions & Answers
  • MGCP Success Stories

About the MGCP Course

  • About the MGCP Course
  • MGCP Testimonials
  • Find a MGCP
  • MGCP Success Stories
  • Q and A about MGCP Course
  • About Dr. Patrick Cohn

MGCP Products

Resources for Mental Coaches

Athlete’s Mental Edge Workbooks 2.0

Mental Edge Workbooks

AASP Approved Mentor

Dr. Patrick Cohn is an approved mentor for AASP members. Receive mentor hours for participation in the MGCP Certification program. Learn more…

Footer CTA

Become MGCP Certified

Apply Now to MGCP Course

Mental Coach Mentor Tips

Career Mental Coach Videos

Copyright © 2023 · MGCP Certification by Peak Performance Sports