Lead Sport Psychology Clinician
Dr. Rattan Sharma
Dr. Sharma supports athletes with confidence, sports pressure, perfectionism, injury-related challenges, and life changes. His work considers both athletic performance and overall well-being.
He has trained in university counseling, healthcare, community mental health, and educational settings. His doctoral research focused on mental health challenges among student-athletes.
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Dr. Rattan Sharma is a clinician with experience in sport psychology who is passionate about helping athletes strengthen their mental performance, overall well-being, and ability to thrive both in and outside of competition. He recognizes that athletes are more than their performance and that success in sport can be influenced by confidence, mindset, relationships, identity, stress, and experiences outside of competition.
Dr. Sharma works with athletes experiencing a wide range of concerns, including performance anxiety, confidence, motivation, perfectionism, fear of failure, managing pressure and expectations, concentration, emotional regulation, injury-related challenges, burnout, and life transitions. His broad clinical background also allows him to support individuals navigating anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, adjustment concerns, interpersonal difficulties, and other challenges that may impact both athletic performance and everyday life.
Dr. Sharma has trained across university counseling, integrated healthcare, community mental health, and educational settings, working with children, adolescents, and adults from diverse backgrounds. His experience includes individual and group psychotherapy, psychological assessment, crisis intervention, consultation, and psychoeducation.
Sport psychology has been an important area of Dr. Sharma's professional development. His doctoral research examined mental health challenges among student-athletes and the implementation of sport psychology programming within athletic environments. He has also provided sport psychology education within collegiate athletics, addressing mental health, resilience, mindfulness, and athletic performance.
Dr. Sharma utilizes an integrative, evidence-based approach informed by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy (TLDP), mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. This allows him to address both the immediate challenges athletes face and the deeper patterns that may influence their performance, relationships, and overall well-being. He works collaboratively with athletes to build confidence, resilience, self-awareness, and practical mental skills that can support success in competition and beyond.
