SPECIALIST IN: Sports Performance

Dr. Cusimano is dedicated to the psychology of performance, health and well-being. For the past nine years, she has consulted with individuals and teams at the collegiate, national and professional levels, assisting athletes in successfully integrating a mind-body philosophy for optimized performance potential. She has consulted with the Saturn organization and the U.S. Army on stress management and health.

Using the constructs of sport psychology, she determines how mental factors influence and are influenced by sports, exercise and physical activity. Sport psychology professionals study how sports participation and physical exercise enhances development and well-being throughout a person’s lifespan. Dr. Cusimano focuses on psychology as an integral part of any multidisciplinary approach to performance.

Dr. Cusimano stresses the role that psychological factors play in sports performance as well as exercise initiation, injury healing, disease development and remediation, and health promotion. She observes how the mind interprets life and how it affects an individual's chosen coping mechanism(s). Some choices enhance the growth process, while others hinder it. As a result, Dr. Cusimano works to advance personal awareness, coping, and growth through the developing therapeutic relationship.

An accomplished triathlete herself, Dr Cusimano's programs with The Hypnosis Network focus on running, cycling and competition. Dr. Cusimano is a sub-three hour marathon runner.