Mental Health University

Mental Health University

Hosted by: Joel Ingersoll PHD

All in on college mental health, mental performance, and maxing personal development for college students. Host Dr. Joel Ingersoll brings 20+ year of counseling, advising, coaching and mentoring thousands of college...

Episodes

Keys to Becoming Coachable - and Unstoppable

Season #4

Are you coachable? Talented high school and college athletes are in full swing practice mode as the fall semester and sports season quickly approaches. For any student, student-athlete, performer, or professional who...
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Pressure Overload on Students & Athletes

Season #4

While athletes and students strive for excellence, many experience psychological distress when pressure to perform intensifies. This occurs too often in athletes and students, especially when they land in a narrow...
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The Psychological Impact of Recovering from Sports Injuries

Season #4 Episode #5

Athletes encounter a host of psychological hurdles when recovering from injury. In this episode we dig into the challenges of coping mentally during recovery, decisions to re-commit to playing, awareness cues for...
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Big Risks of Social Media on Personal Development

Season #4 Episode #4

In this episode we dig into the pros and cons of social media on student and student-athlete development. Key areas like self-concept, self-confidence, body image, professional readiness, and relationship building,...
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Effectively Responding to Failure

Season #4 Episode #3

Response to failure (perceived or real) is a critical skill for developing athletes & students. A lack of this skill has significant implications on self-confidence, mental health challenges (depression, anxiety,...
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Stress, Student-Athletes & Peak Performance

Season #4 Episode #2

Life is an ongoing sparring match with stress. The mental and physical implications of ignoring stress are massive. In this episode we dig into performance and chronic stress among student athletes and college...
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Student-Athletes Making the Leap from High School to College Sports.

Season #4 Episode #1

The jump from high school to college for a student-athlete carries many new challenges. Athletic, academic, and psychological hurdles loom large - even for the most gifted, successful high school athletes. In this...
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