Introduction

The mental health of elite athletes has been much in the news this year. Psychologists were on the ground with the olympic athletes in tokio, and an increasing number of professional and college sport teams are hiring them. Our guest is doctor jamie shapero, an associate professor and director of the masters in sport and performance psychology programme at the university of denver. She also works as a consultant with youth, collegiate and alite athletes from a variety of sports,. including gymnastics, king snow boarding, socker and more.