Thanks for visiting my site! My name is Joel Minden and I provide strength and conditioning, sport psychology, and performance nutrition services for dancers, gymnasts, skaters, and other aesthetic athletes. In addition to the articles on this site, you can find my work in Psychology Today, Alan Aragon’s Research Review, American Dancer Magazine, Dance Archives, and The Dance Training Project. I also have an ongoing blog at Psychology Today.
MY CREDENTIALS
I enjoy working in both academic and applied settings. I’ve been a lecturer in the psychology and kinesiology departments at California State University, Chico since 2001, teaching courses in sport and exercise psychology, dance, community health promotion, personality and abnormal psychology, research methods, and statistics. I’m also the Director of the Chico Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy, where I provide both traditional psychotherapy for anxiety and depression and performance enhancement services for athletes. My credentials include
- California Licensed Clinical Psychologist #PSY27859
- CC-AASP (Certified Consultant-Association for Applied Sport Psychology) #532
- Listed in the United States Olympic Committee Sport Psychology and Mental Training Registry, 2013-2016
- CSCS (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, National Strength and Conditioning Association)
- Adjunct faculty in the Departments of Psychology and Kinesiology at California State University, Chico
- Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, DePaul University, 2004
- M.A. in Clinical Psychology, DePaul University, 1999
- B.A. in Psychology, California State University, Chico, 1992
If you’re interested in my clinical or consulting services, please visit the Chico Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy. For writing and speaking engagements, please click here.