CARE SPECIALTIES
LEON SPORTS AND PERFORMANCE PSYCHIATRY CLINIC
PERFORMANCE BASED CARE
Through enhancing performance on and off the field/court, Dr. Leon specializes in performance-based care to help athletes, coaches, and staff unlock their peak performance. As a sports psychiatrist, Dr. Leon is well-versed in working with athletes on all levels from amateur to professional in a variety of sports.
She values sports as way of life and helps her patients integrate their participation in sports as an important part of mental wellness.
Dr. Leon is an expert in diagnosing and treating a wide range of mental health conditions and concerns in addition to enhancing players’ mental skills and performance.
SPORTS PSYCHIATRY
- Treating psychiatric conditions that may arise and interfere with athletic goals
- Helping people achieve their maximum performance by strengthening their mind
- Playing an essential role in promoting the mental health and general well-being of athletes
- Helping people recover from injury and return to maximum performance
- Supporting athletes in setting and sustaining their goals
- Supporting individuals through challenges and setbacks
- Managing stress and pressures involved at the various levels of sports
- Working through overtraining syndrome and lose of enjoyment of the sport
- Balancing school and athletics
- Transitioning to life without the main focus being athletics
- Dealing with underperformance and loss of enjoyment of sport
PERSONALIZED PERFORMANCE PSYCHIATRY
- Optimizing career and life choices
- Enhancing academic achievement and test taking
- Achieving work and career goals including improvements in interviewing
- Addressing workplace issues that may interfere with performance
- Treating psychiatric conditions that interfere with performance
- Setting goals and managing setbacks
- Helping people with public speaking
METHODS OF CARE
- Addressing mental health issues affecting teams, players and coaches
- Consulting with professional teams: Dr. Leon makes herself available as a resource to professional teams to help guide player development and performance programming
- Communicating between visits via phone, email, and/or text
- Offering in-office, virtual, and on-site services (on a case-by-case basis)
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