ABOUT DONNA

Donna Perry is a mental performance specialist consulting in sport, fitness and life. As a Master of Science in Human Movement and Performance at Western Washington University, with an emphasis in Sport Psychology she consults elite, amateur and professional athletes in most sports. Donna’s approach to mental training follows a multimodal approach which involves assessing the clients internal thought process and their environment, and then choosing the most appropriate psychological strategies to aid in empowering their journey through sport.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Certified Mental Performance Consultant (MPC) of the Canadian Sport Psychology Association
• Registered Clinical Counsellor with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors
• Certified Personal Trainer and Course Conductor with the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology
• University Professor Tenure Track at Capilano University Kinesiology Department

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor of Arts (minor Kinesiology/major Psychology) at University/College of the Fraser Valley
• Master of Science (Human Movement and Performance/Sport Psychology) at Western Washington University

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Donna Perry, B.A., M.Sc., CSEP-CPT-CC

Donna Perry is a Mental Performance Consultant (MPC), a member of the Canadian Sport Psychology Association (CSPA), the founder of Donna Perry Consulting and has been a professor at Capilano University for 16 years. She has worked with elite to professional athletes providing guidance to acquire the mental skills necessary for performance excellence, sport, leisure, health and life pursuits. Donna is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) taking an Eco-therapy approach to counselling working with athletes in their natural settings. Donna works with individuals and teams using the sport psychology process as a means to guide athletes along their path. Donna’s approach to mental training follows a multi-modal approach which involves assessing the clients internal thought process and their training environment and then choosing the most appropriate psychological strategies to aid in empowering them on their journey through sport and life.

Her lifelong goal and passion is to help others realize their own potential when we tap into the power of our mind for increasing performance and quality of life. She looks forward to helping you aspire, believe, conceive and achieve those things you choose most in your life. We are in charge of creating our own personal realities. Let’s embrace the process of life as we venture into new experiences and realms and enjoy those that we are currently involved in.

As an athlete Donna grew up playing soccer and ringette mostly, but was an active young girl trying basketball, volleyball and loved to be outside playing street hockey, man hunt and exploring the great outdoors with here 3 brothers. Donna is an Ontario Provincial and Canadian National champion in soccer and travelled all over Canada competing. Currently, Donna plays women’s soccer, takes part in triathlon, enjoys downhill mountain biking, trail running and hikes in the great outdoors.

She is also a parent of a wonderful, spontaneous, fun, gregarious, 13 year old boy. Inspired by her 13 year old son, she most recently finds herself working with youth athletes, dwelling in hockey rinks across the lower-mainland and into the interior, supporting her young hockey players dream. It is during this time and involvement in the world of youth athletics, that she has gathered many stories & experiences that she would like to share with her community, in hopes that this will shed some light and open up more opportunities for our striving young athletes. This website will provide a collection of stories about an athlete’s pursuit of excellence, and navigating the contemporary sporting world as it is today. As well course(s) which will include real stories from a coaches, athletes and parents perspectives while providing guidance on the most effective mental strategies to aspire on your life path and the sport journey.

“If we can make a difference in the life of even one young person than we have made a difference in the world today” (Yours in Sport, Donna Perry)

 

FOUNDER/DIRECTOR

Donna Perry is founder and director of Donna Perry Consulting created to provide the skills necessary for performance excellence in sport, leisure, health and life pursuits. Her practice offers access to education, consulting, psychological skills testing, fitness and lifestyle assessments, physical and mental skills prescription provided through individual sessions, group seminars, workshops, online education and in lab testing procedures.

 

PROFESSOR

Donna Perry is full-time professor at Capilano University on the North Shore of Vancouver in the Human Kinetics Department teaching Sport Psychology, Sport Sociology, Active Health and Motor Learning. She is a member of the Canadian Sport Psychology Association, the Coaches Association of British Columbia and is a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) course conductor for the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology. As a professor she attempts to illuminate the minds of her learners. She questions learners’ assumptions, helping them see subject matter in fresh ways and develop critical thinking skills. She believes growth starts with getting rid of the weeds! Her goal is to cultivate the mind by nourishing and enhancing the climate in which learning is offered.

 

COUNSELLING STRATEGIES

Donna specializes in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which simply put means helping clients to recognize their thoughts and feelings and how these influence actions. I use an Existentialist Approach to understanding behavior change. “What you say is what you get” & “We are what we do”. I believe clients are free and responsible to determine their own development through the choices they make.

I also use an Ecotherapy approach in my counseling, as I like to meet the client in a natural setting so I can assess how they function in their sport and living environments. Initial sessions are typically held in my office and then the observations and implementation of the program are done in the rink, on the court, on the field or where your sport and life takes you. Some counselling sessions are also done on outdoor hikes to get in touch with the great outdoors more, especially for those sports or every day living activities that tend to keep us inside.