Jonathan Steele

Athletes, from high school to professional, current to former, if you or someone you know struggles with sports performance anxiety or addiction, let me help! As a former collegiate athlete and current sports junkie, I understand the complexities that a student or professional athlete experiences: pressures of in-game performance, anxiety of future college decisions, maintaining academic performance along with athletic pressures, life transition after sports career ends. All of these can produce intense anxiety and addiction which can cause shameful, intrusive thought patterns. I focus on combating shame by identifying strengths, expanding coping strategies, and understanding family patterns. Also, I focus on grief and loss, helping to navigate this heavy journey. Sometimes it feels like a fog, maybe it’s hard to see past your daily activities. I use Warden’s Four Tasks of Mourning to provide structure while establishing coping skills and identifying past experiences with grief and los