Modality

Through graduation from a CACREP-accredited program, I will be well-versed to provide counseling services from a range of theories/modalities:

• Person Centered

• Existential

• Feminist

• Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

• Reality/Choice

• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

• Motivational Interviewing

• Solution-Focused

• Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)

• Family Systems

Providing holistic mental health services to athletes will require competence in a variety of different theoretical approaches. Personally, I find great resonance with person-centered, CBT, MBCT, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused approaches, as it relates to the athlete population. 

Ultimately, athletes are individuals who occupy multiple roles within their independent lives. It is my understanding that a counselor should have the ability to assist them using an approach that acknowledges all of these roles; allowing for a person-centered, mindfulness based approach to be appropriate, seeing the individual as more than just an athlete. 

Clinicians are encouraged due to these developments to broaden their views on human functioning, mental health, and how best to promote clients’ achievement of their respective treatment goals. Various models of holistic wellness exist due to different theorists’ perspectives on the aspects of human experience (e.g., mind, body, spirit, community, etc.) that comprise this multi-faceted concept (Moe et al., 2012).