Keynotes, workshops, and trainings for athletic departments, schools, and mental health professionals ready to dig into athlete mental health and performance culture.
Specifically, too much of the wrong kind.
We’ve built systems that reward output and ignore the person underneath it. Coaches are burning out. Athletes are cracking under pressure they were never equipped to handle. And the adults in the room aren’t always sure what to do about it.
Cindi has been a Division I athlete, a Division I volleyball coach for nearly seven years, and a licensed psychotherapist. She’s sat in every seat in the room, so when she talks about sport culture, she’s not guessing. Her favorite thing to hear from a client? “Exacccctlyyyy. You get it.“
Supporting athletes, coaches, schools, and mental health professionals with practical, evidence-based guidance.
Your staff works hard and your athletes perform, and something still feels off. Cindi helps athletic departments build a culture where mental health is part of how the program wins.
The pressure starts earlier than most realize. Cindi provides age-appropriate, research-informed programs for schools, clubs, and youth sports organizations to build healthier performance from the start.
Clinical trainings for therapists, counselors, and clinical supervisors working with athletes and high-achieving clients, with CE credit available through the host organization. Practical, grounded, and ready to use with your next client.
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Each topic draws on lived experience in sport, clinical training, and a lot of honest conversations.
What perfectionism actually looks like in athletic culture, why it thrives there, and what coaches, parents, and clinicians can do about it. This is Cindi’s flagship talk, built from years of clinical work and lived experience on both sides of the coaching relationship.
A framework for coaches, athletic staff, and sports parents for building relationships with athletes that don’t hinge on performance. This talk challenges the culture of conditional worth in sport and offers a concrete alternative.
What happens when the sport ends, the role changes, or the identity doesn’t hold anymore. For athletes in transition, coaches supporting them, and clinicians treating them.
How athletes and coaches are wired differently, why feedback lands differently depending on the person receiving it, and how to build a team culture where people hear each other.
CE credit available through the host organization’s NBCC or NASW approval. Topics include perfectionism in the teen athlete, harm reduction frameworks for clinicians working with athletes, and clinical tools for high-achieving clients navigating performance-tied identity.
Each engagement is customized around your audience, your goals, and the conversation your room needs to have.
45 to 90 minutes. High-impact, story-driven presentations for conferences, athletic department kickoffs, and large-group events.
Time to dig in, practice the skills, and talk it through. Designed for teams, staff groups, and organizations that want time to work through the material together.
Designed specifically for athletes. Honest, real, and built for the culture of the locker room.
Continuing education for licensed professionals working with athletes and high-achieving clients, with CE credit available through the host organization’s NBCC or NASW approval.
For organizations that want ongoing support, Cindi offers consulting and professional development partnerships
Explore a selection of keynotes, trainings, and podcast conversations
that have inspired athletes, coaches, and professionals.
Doubt Yourself and Do It Anyway: Ireland 2023, Italy 2024, Spain 2025, Scotland 2026.
Diet Culture 101 – Lutheran PT’S, OT’S.
Diet Culture and Body Image – Indiana Tech Student-Athletes.
Female Student Athlete – The Whole Person – Marian University Women’s Lacrosse.
Helping Teen Athletes Break away from Perfectionism.
When “good girls” stop performing and start living authentically.
Coercion is NOT consent – Sex, Death, and other Taboo Topics.
Utilizing Human Design in the Therapy Office.
Working with Perfectionistic Athletes.
Working with Perfectionistic Athletes with Eating Disorders.
Working with Perfectionistic Athletes.
Cindi works with a limited number of organizations and events each year to make sure the work is the right fit for the room. Use the form to share what you’re building and let’s figure out if it’s a match.
Great talk and very relatable! I loved the real life application and story of your life and how you related your real life experiences to your talk!
Great look at the dynamics of perfectionism and how it’s driven by culture/not avoidable but also maladaptive.
I’d say that I learned a lot. I felt redirected and informed of how to better my mental health, treat my body well, accept it and become better!
I would say it is very inspiring and educational for any student athletes. I think it is very important to know.
Cindi was a great speaker for our team! She is very relatable and real and was easy to connect. 100% recommend!
Cindi’s presentation was incredibly helpful! Her insight into how the culture of perfectionism impacts athletes was very helpful.
Find answers to common questions about courses, speaking engagements, resources, and how we support athletes, coaches, and sports parents. If you don’t see what you’re looking for, feel free to get in touch.
Both. Some engagements are built for athletic staff and departments, others are athlete-facing sessions built for the locker room, not a classroom. Tell me who's in the room and we'll build the talk around them.
CE credit isn't something I offer directly, it comes through the conferences and organizations that host me. If you're bringing me in and want CE credit attached, that's arranged through your conference or association, not through me.
I work with a limited number of organizations each year to make sure the fit is right, so the earlier the better. Inquiries typically get a response within 3 to 5 business days.
