24th Annual Professional Training Workshop:

"Developing Your Knowledge, Skills, and Practice in Sport Psychology"

June 20-21, 2025 (Friday-Saturday)
9:00 to 4:30 each day

Hampton Inn & Suites Cleveland Airport
7074 Engle Road
Middleburg Hts., OH 44130
Phone (440) 243-0206

Brief History

Our first workshop in this series was held back in 2000. Initially the workshop was in response to requests from readers of my recently published book, "Developing Sport Psychology Within Your Mental Health Practice: A Practical Guide for Mental Health Professionals". At that time, I thought it would be a one-shot deal. However, the success of that workshop and many subsequent requests have led me to present it on an annual basis, now for 23 years. Although the basic topics have remained the same, each year the content is revised to incorportate recent changes in the practice of sport psychology as well as new science-based tools and techniques. Now in our 24th year over 300 professionals have attended our annual workshop, coming from 36 states, DC, Puerto Rico, four Canadian provinces, Australia, France, Jamaica, Saudi Arabia, Scotland and Spain. Many of those who have attended have maintained contact with me and have become good colleagues and friends.

In order to promote an informal, interactive workshop experience, this year we are limiting attendance to 20 participants. The first 20 registrations will be accepted.

Presenter

Jack J. Lesyk, Ph.D., CMPC, FAASP

Dr. Lesyk is the Director of the Ohio Center for Sport Psychology and an Adjunct Asst. Professor of Psychology at Cleveland State University. He served as the sport psychologist for the Cleveland Cavaliers 2013-2016. As a clinical and sport psychologist, he completed his undergraduate work at Penn State and his graduate studies at Case Western Reserve University. Since 1981, he has worked intensively with athletes from over 35 different sports, at competitive levels ranging from scholastic to collegiate, Olympic and professional. He is the author of Developing Sport Psychology Within Your Clinical Practice: A Practical Guide for Mental Health Professionals. Dr. Lesyk is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant, Association for Applied Sport Psychology. He has served on the Executive Committee of the American Psychological Association's Division 47 (Society for Sport, Exercise & Performance Psychology) and has served on the Executive Board of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology for nine years.

Dr. Lesyk is often quoted in local and national publications has been frequently interviewed on both radio and television. He has presented his work at national and international sport psychology conferences and is especially noted for his development of the "Nine Mental Skills of Successful Athletes", a framework for mental skills assessment and training. In addition to his own practice, he conducts workshops and consults in-office and virtually with mental health and sport science professionals who are developing their practices, skills, and credentials in sport psychology.

In September 2011 Dr. Lesyk became President of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, the largest sport psychology organization in the world, with 2,500 members in 55 countries.

Distinguished Guest Presenter

Charles A. Maher, Psy.D, CMPC, FAASP

Charles A. Maher, PsyD, MBA, CMPC, FAASP is Professor Emeritus of Applied and Professional Psychology, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University. He is a licensed psychologist and a Certified Mental Performance Consultant of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP). Charlie possesses 35 years of sustained professional experience in the design and delivery of programs, products, services, and systems in areas of sport psychology and performance psychology and mental health at individual, team, and organizational levels in baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, football, hockey, tennis, boxing, horse racing, other sports, the performing arts, and with corporate entities. Currently, Charlie is Sport, Performance, and Organizational Psychologist , Director of the Employee Assistance Program, and Senior Advisor to the President and General Manager of the Cleveland Guardians, positions that he has held since 1995. He is Founder and Past President of the Professional Baseball Performance Psychology Group. He previously has served as Sport Psychologist for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Cleveland Browns, New York Jets, New England Patriots, Minnesota Wild, and New York Rangers. In addition, Charlie has served as Sport Psychologist for the Rutgers University football team and its Men's and Women's basketball teams, along with being a senior advisor to the Rutgers Department of Sports Medicine and Division of Intercollegiate Athletics. Charlie has a published a number of books and journal articles, both within and outside of the sport psychology domain, including: The Complete Mental Game of Baseball: Taking Charge of the Process, On and Off the Field ; Developing and Sustaining Sport Psychology Programs: A Resource Guide for Practitioners ( 2022); and Fostering the Mental Health of Athletes, Coaches, and Staff: A Systems Approach to Developing A Mentally Healthy Sport Organization (2023)”. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, a member of the National Advisory Board of the Positive Coaching Alliance, as well as a former baseball and basketball coach at the collegiate and high school levels.

Betty J. Maceo, M. Ed, LPSC (Pending)

Betty Maceo is a School Counselor with over 40 years of experience in Education, including 30 of those years as a Licensed Professional School Counselor in all grade levels. She is currently serving as an Elementary School Counselor with Lorain City Schools in Lorain, Ohio. Betty is also an Adjunct Professor at Heidelberg University, Tiffin, Ohio and Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio where she teaches courses to Graduate Students pursuing a Masters Degree in Counseling.

Betty has presented at several local, state, and national conferences, conducted student and parent workshop presentations, and provided staff development training to various school districts and organizations on numerous topics.

She is also co-owner of TBM Consultants, LLC where she currently continues to provide professional development training and solution-based services to school district personnel, students, and community organizations.

Workshop Objectives

What you'll be able to do at the conclusion of this workshop:

• Enumerate the important opportunities and challenges in applied sport psychology
• Identify which of your present clinical/counseling skills are directly applicable to working with athletes
• Identify what new knowledge, skills, and credentials you will need to acquire in order to work with athletes
• Know what resources are available to help you acquire these
• Discuss the important ethical issues related to this specialty
• Understand principles of mental skills training and be able to conduct a basic assessment and intervention plan
• Plan a marketing strategy for your practice

Content

• Overview of applied sport psychology
• Your practice goals
• What you need to know
• What you already know
• Association for Applied Sport Psychology Certified Consultant program
• Developing your knowledge and skills
• Developing your credentials
• Ethical issues
• Working with specific populations: young athletes, women, injured athletes, athletes in transition
• The Nine Mental Skills of Successful Athletes - A performance enhancement assessment and intervention model
• Marketing your practice
• Diversity and cultural competence

Continuing Education

This workshop is approved by AASP for recertification of CMPC. The workshop will include one hour devoted to ethics, and one hour devoted to diversity and cultural competence as required for recertification. All participants who attend the full workshop will receive a certificate indicating this.

Psychologists desiring Continuing Education credit may obtain 13 CE credits from the Clinical/Counseling Sport Psychology Association (CCSPA). CCSPA is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CCSPA maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Should you select this option there is a fee of $55 and you will receive a certificate verifying this.

Workshop Site

Our 2025 workshop will be held at the Hampton Inn & Suites Cleveland Airport, four miles from the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. Address: 7074 Engle Rd., Middleburg Hts., OH 44130, phone (440) 243-0206. If you wish to stay at this hotel, you can make reservations directly by calling this number. Those staying at the Hampton Inn will be provided with free shuttle to and from the airport. Two nearby hotels that you might also consider are the Crowne Plaza Hotel Cleveland Airport (440-243-4040) and the Comfort Inn (440-234-3131). Both of these hotels are within a five minute walk from the Hampton Inn. All three of these hotels are within a five minute walk of many restaurants ranging in price and formality.

Workshop Fees

Professionals $395
Full-time Students $250 - please include photocopy of ID
Professionals who have attended our previous workshops - $245
APA 13 CE credits $55 (optional)

Each workshop participant will receive a flash drive containing all of the PowerPoint slide presentations for the entire two days. Additionally, the flash drive will contain an abundance of office forms, assessment tools, and relevant reading materials for further self-study.

Lunch each day is on your own.

Refund Policy

Conference fees will be refunded (minus a $25 handling fee) if you cancel in writing on or before June 3, one week before the workshop. If cancellation is Covid-19 related, the fee will be waived.

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Workshop Registration Form

Workshop Options

Professionals $395Full-time Students $250 - please include photocopy of IDProfessionals who have attended our previous workshops - $245

Optional APA 13 CE credits $55

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If paying by check, mail check to:

Ohio Center for Sport Psychology,
21825 Chagrin Blvd., Suite 310,
Beachwood, Ohio 44122.

Your check must be received at the Ohio Center for Sport Psychology within two weeks in order to complete your registration.

(Students: please enclose photocopy of university ID or other verification of your full time student status.)

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For Additional Information

Contact Jack J. Lesyk, Ph.D., Director, Ohio Center for Sport Psychology
Phone: 440-681-8353
jjlesyk@sportpsych.org

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Rationale

With the recent growth of interest in applied sport psychology there has been considerable debate over who is qualified to work in this area. With the exception of small numbers of recent graduates from universities that offer specific programs in sport psychology, others who practice this specialty have been primarily trained in more traditional applied behavioral sciences disciplines such as clinical and counseling psychology. There is a growing consensus that such training and experience alone does not adequately prepare a professional for working competently with athletes, especially in the area of performance enhancement. On the other hand, the experienced practitioner does not need to close his/her practice and return to full-time university studies in order to become qualified in sport psychology.

With guidance from colleagues, experienced practitioners can acquire the additional knowledge and skills necessary for working in sport psychology through self-study that includes such elements as reading, being mentored, and attendance at intensive workshops and conferences.

With these issues in mind, I wrote the book, "Developing Sport Psychology within your Clinical Practice: A Practical Guide for Mental Health Professionals" (Jossey-Bass, 1998). This workshop is a direct result of feedback and requests that I've received from readers of the book and other behavioral science professionals seeking specialized training in sport psychology to augment their current skills and training.

It is my expectation that this workshop will comprise one element in the continued, self-directed learning process of its participants.