Sports & Performance

Understanding the Highs and Lows of Training and Performance

Whether it be performance anxiety, loss of confidence or motivation, fear of re-injury, or difficulty maintaining focus during long and high-intensity competitive seasons, Lark has personally experienced how these mental hurdles can have an impact on the success and enjoyment in sports and personal life.

Lark Counseling specializes in supporting athletes and professionals to explore and overcome mental roadblocks. The tools you gain to cultivate a strong mindset with Lark will help you navigate challenges both in and out of your sport. Through identifying and cultivating the joy in training and performance, individuals can reach their highest potential in their sport, as well as their personal life.

Lark provides a calm and encouraging space to help athletes and professionals with the tools and strategies they need to feel comfortable and confident to overcome everyday stressors, manage pressure, and perform at their best.

Through individual counseling in the office or at the field, Lark empowers athletes and professionals to reach for athletic success as well as intrapersonal growth, self-awareness, and a lifelong love of sport.

Counseling for Athletes & Professionals

Extensive Experience in Competitive Gymnastics

Lark has an extensive background in high level training and performance. Her competitive gymnastics career, spanning both elite and collegiate levels, placed her in the company of Olympians like Nastia Liukin and Simone Biles.

Training and competing alongside these renowned athletes provided Lark with invaluable experiences and insights into the highest standards of athletics. The guidance and mentorship she received as an Elite and Collegiate level gymnast from Olympic Level Coaches and NCAA Coaches - from both the SEC and BIG 12 - further enriched her knowledge of training and competing in high stress environments, fostering a deep understanding of elite sport intricacies.

Therapeutic Benefits

  • With the use of coping skills like breathing exercises and visualization.

  • Through increase self-confidence and a trust in one’s ability, mentally, as well as identifying the importance of patience and clear communication.

  • By identifying and implementing measurable goals to increase positive self-talk, and a growth mindset.

  • By shifting focus to the execution of skills rather than the perceived desired outcome.

  • Through learning to identify what is and is not in your control during training and competition.

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