Break Through Mental Blocks And Perform At Your Best
You've put in the reps. Your technique is solid. But under pressure, something takes over and the version of you that shows up isn't the one you know you are.
The block is real. The yips are real. The freeze is real.
And it has nothing to do with how hard you've worked.
What's Actually Happening
When your body or mind takes a hit whether from a bad injury, a failed performance, a tough season, or even a stressful event outside of sport, your brain files that experience as a threat. The next time you're in a similar moment, your nervous system reacts before your conscious mind can catch up.
That's not weakness. That's neurology.
Most mental blocks trace back to an experience your brain hasn't fully processed: an injury that scared you, a failure that stung longer than it should have, a shift in identity as your role in sport changed.
EMDR helps your brain finally close that loop.
You Don't Have To Just Push Through It
Most athletes are told to work harder, focus more, and visualize better. Sometimes, those things help at the surface; but if the root is a stored memory or emotion that hasn't been processed, no amount of practice will reach it.
EMDR goes where mindset coaching can't.
Who This Is For
Athletes at any level dealing with:
Performance anxiety in competition
Mental blocks around specific skills or situations
Fear of re-injury
Loss of confidence after a bad stretch
Feeling stuck despite continued training
Identity stress around transitions in sport (college, retirement, injury)
Virtual sessions available statewide. In-person in Lakeland and Tampa.
A Therapist Who Understands Athletes
Jessica is not just a clinician; she's a professional athlete and a certified EMDR therapist with close to a decade of experience working with the kind of mental and emotional challenges that don't show up in a box score but absolutely affect performance.
She's helped clients break through blocks that technique alone can’t touch.