WORKSHOPS/GROUPS

Skills Helping Athletic Performance Excel (SHAPE)

Sport psychology staff and representatives from the training room conduct a 6-week workshop addressing the mental, behavioral and emotional needs of injured student-athletes. Skills Helping Athletic Performance Excel (SHAPE) provides instruction on the development and utilization of various mental and behavioral skills to enhance student-athletes' performance throughout all phases of injury, recovery, and return to competition. Each meeting will address topics such as relaxation, understanding the rehabilitation process, pain management, imagery, confidence building, and thought stopping for injured, rehabilitating, and retiring student-athletes. Student-athletes will have an opportunity to share their experiences associated with injury and rehabilitation with others who have had similar experiences and who can offer encouragement and support. Free food is provided weekly, which adds to the atmosphere of connection and support. During a time of the athletic experience that is often experienced as frustrating and debilitating, SHAPE strives to provide student-athletes with tools to help them maximize their abilities in sport, academics, and in life.

For more information about the Skills Helping Athletic Performance Excel (SHAPE), please contact Dr. Elizabeth Boyer, at (530) 752-0871 or emboyer@ucdavis.edu

Mental Skills Building Group

The Mental Skills Building Group (MSBG) is conducted by the career psychologist/sport consultant and a psychology doctoral intern or practicum student with emphasis areas in sport psychology or performance enhancement. MSBG is a group for intercollegiate student-athletes seeking to improve their mental approach toward competition through interactive learning. Participants practice and develop effective mental skills to complement their physical skills. Group time is spent discussing the areas of mental skills development (goal attainment, motivation, confidence, emotional adaptability, positive thinking, visualization, etc.) and practicing skill development. The objective of the MSBG is to educate student-athletes and encourage their use of positive and effective mental skills. Student-athletes spend time in group implementing positive mental skills and practicing skill development.

For more information about the Mental Skills Building Group, please contact Dr. Elizabeth Boyer, at (530) 752-0871 or emboyer@ucdavis.edu

Mind / Body Wellness Workshop Series

The Mind/Body Wellnes Workshop Series (MBWWS) is a comprehensive intervention program that is being developed by CAPS in partnership with Behavioral Medicine and the Student Health Center to enhance the health and performance of university students. The MBWWS will employ computer technology, audio/visual aids, psycho-educational instruction, cognitive-behavioral interventions, mind/body healing techniques, and culturally sensitive methods to sensitize and educate students about the fundamental relationship between the mind and body. The mission of the MBWWS is to enable students to cope effectively with strss and to decrease the possibility of emotional problems, psychosomatic illnesses, and academic failures as wella s to instruct them on the psychobiology of mind/body self-care for improving health and enhancing performance. The MBWWS will also address the needs of “hard to reach” students like tansfer and re-entry students, and those who seem resistive or unresponsive to “traditional” counseling services because ofunique personality structures and/or racial, ethnic, and cultural differences. The MBWWS will employ clinical intervention and education to accomplish its goal. Illness prevention, student retention, and professional training are also primary objectives of the MBWWS.

For more information about the Mind / Body Wellness Workshop Series, please contact Dr. Elizabeth Boyer, at (530) 752-0871 or emboyer@ucdavis.edu