Therapy & mental performance coaching for Colorado Athletes
Online throughout Colorado · Walk & Talk sessions in Longmont and Boulder
You chose hard on purpose
The long miles, the exposed ridges, the routes that ask everything of you — that's not recklessness. It's how you're wired.
When something stops you — injury, accident, loss, or just the weight of pushing limits for too long — the terrain shifts inward. And that can be just as unforgiving.
I'm Neal - a licensed therapist with a master's in applied sport psychology, a background as an ultrarunning coach, and years leading expeditions in the backcountry with Outward Bound. I work with trail runners, ultrarunners, climbers, and mountain athletes navigating the psychological weight of setbacks, hard seasons, and the pressure of doing consequential things in wild places.
Trail and Ultrarunners, Endurance Athletes, Mountaineers and rock-climbers; Elite, professional, competitive, and recreational ages 17 and up.
Who I Work With
Therapy for athletes 17+ in Colorado · Mental Performance Coaching for athletes 17+ throughout the US
Managing Self-Criticism + Burnout
The voice that says you're not enough… the one that gets louder the harder you push doesn't have to run the show. Here we'll work on untangling pressure from self-worth, building the kind of resilience that doesn't require destroying yourself first.
Navigating Injuries + Setbacks
Being cleared to return to running isn't the same as feeling ready. We'll work through the mental side of injury: the identity loss, the fear of going back, the grief of a hard season, so you return to your sport with genuine confidence and grit.
Anxiety, Trauma + Grief
Anxiety, trauma, and grief don't stay off the trail. This is a space to make sense of what you're carrying to process it, not just push through it and find your way back to feeling like yourself.
Mental Performance
Your body can do more than your mind is letting it. Mental performance helps you compete with doubt instead of against it, staying composed when it counts, finding flow in the pain cave, arriving at the start line ready rather than just hoping.
Let’s get started.
You don't need another self-help book or a podcast telling you to visualize success. You need someone in your corner who isn't going to judge you, where you can be yourself and get back to what you love.
Book a free 15-minute consultation available online across Colorado or walk and talk sessions in Longmont and Boulder.
