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How to SharpenYour Mental Game

Dr. Chris Carter

Dr. Chris Carr St. Vincent’s Sports Performance Center One of the countries top sports psyhchologists and trainers

Thursday January 11th7:00 - 8:45 PM

St. Vincent’s Sports Performance Center

Chris Carr, Ph.D., HSPP

Dr. Carr is the Sport and Perormance Psychologist and Training Coordinator or Perormance Psychology in the Depart-ment o Neuropsychology at the Indiana Neuroscience Institute in Indianapolis, Indiana., Dr. Carr coordinates training,supervision, research, and applied practice in the area o perormance psychology.This unique program addresses “elite” perormance issues in areas such as sports/athletics, perorming arts, highperormance occupations (e.g. police/fre), business perormance, and positive psychology applications. He also providesindividual counseling and consultation services; he is a licensed psychologist in the state o Indiana and is HSPP-en-dorsed. He is currently the consulting sport psychologist or both the Purdue University Athletic Department (since 2002)and Indiana University Athletic Department (beginning 2005). He was recently named as the Director o Sport Psychologyand National Team Sport Psychologist or USA Diving, and was with the team at the 2005 World Championships inMontreal, where they won 3 medals. He is also the Team Sport Psychologist or the Indiana Fever (WNBA) since 2002.Prior to joining INI, Dr. Carr was the Sport/Perormance Psychologist at the Methodist Sports Medicine Center, and hadbeen (1995-2000) the Sport Psychologist or The Ohio State University Sports Medicine Center.Dr. Carr was recently elected as the President-Elect or Division 47 (Exercise and Sport Psychology) o the AmericanPsychological Association and will serve on the Executive Committee until 2009. He is also on the United States Olym-pic Committee Registry o Sport Psychology Providers based at the United States Olympic Training Center in ColoradoSprings, Colorado. He spent 6 years (1999-2005) as the Sport Psychologist or the Kansas City Royal Baseball Club. Dr.Carr also served or ten years (1992-2002) as the Sport Psychologist or the United States Men’s Alpine Ski Team basedin Park City, Utah and was the team psychologist or the US Men’s Alpine Olympic Ski Team during the 2002 WinterOlympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah.He was (2004-06) on the National Advisory Board or the Citizenship Through Sport Alliance (CTSA) “Report Card on YouthSport”, which presented their nationwide “report card on youth sports” in November o 2005.He was a Perormance Psychology Consultant with the United States Navy and worked with the Naval Air Station inPensacola, Florida rom 1997-2001. He was the Team Psychologist or the Columbus Crew (1995-2000); he hasconsulted with other Olympic Sports Organizations, Major League Baseball, and the Championship Auto Racing Teams.Dr. Carr has a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology with a minor in Exercise Science/Sport Psychology rom Ball State Universityin Muncie, Indiana. He spent one year as a Clinical Research Assistant in Sport Psychology at the United States OlympicTraining Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he worked with elite-level athletes and coaches prior to the 1992Olympic Games. Prior to coming to Ohio State in 1995, he was the Sport Psychologist or Counseling and Consultationat Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona; he was also the Team Counselor or the Arizona Cardinals o the NationalFootball League. Beore 1994, Dr Carr was the Psychologist or Athletics at Washington State University in Pullman,Washington.He received his B.A. in Psychology rom Wabash College and his M.A. in Counseling Psychology rom Ball State University.Dr. Carr lives in Westfeld, Indiana with his wie Kelli and daughter Rachel.