Psychology of Sport and Metabolic Injury

Riley Nickols, PhD, CEDS

 

Rebecca McConville, MS, RD, LDN, CSSD, CEDRD-S

• Psychology and Nutrition of Sports are discussed today, including injury, playing and performance.
• There’s discussion about higher levels of care (HLOC) for athletes with eating disorders.
• Find out why attunement is important and how to use RPE – Rate of Perceived Exertion
• What if the Athlete’s One Gear is To Hammer?
• Calories In vs Calories Out is “Hogwash” - Gaining weight in long term restriction is not surprising
• Buckle Up, Hang in there – we don’t know what we don’t know.  Keep a sense of humor.  Maintain the Joy! 

You can have Becca and Riley in your pocket: 

https://allevents.in/org/riley-nickols-and-rebecca-mcconville/19108306 

• Arizona State  - May 14th 
• CPSDA – SOLD OUT
• June 10th – virtual, 4 CEs  Discount code: SEASONEDRD

Riley and Becca’s Seasonings: 

• Externships and internships – NYC 
• Ron Thompson and Roberta Sherman – Book - Eating Disorders in Sport 1st Edition 
• Olympic Committee and NCAA 

Bios: 

Rebecca McConville, MS, RD, LDN, CSSD, CEDRD-S 

(connect to June 4 2021 From Humble Pie to Authentic Connection) 

https://TheSeasonEDRD.podbean.com/e/from-humble-pie-to-authentic-connection/ 

Riley Nickols, PhD, CEDS is a counseling and sport psychologist who specializes in working with athletes to address mental health and performance concerns through his private practice, Mind Body Endurance where in-person and virtual services are provided to address performance, eating, mental health, and nutritional concerns for athletes. 

Dr. Nickols obtained an MS in Sport Psychology from Ithaca College in addition to an MS in Counseling Psychology and a PhD in Counseling Psychology from Fordham University. He regularly speaks to athletes, coaches, and sport personnel about disordered eating, eating disorders, and unbalanced exercise in sport. Dr. Nickols consults with eating disorder professionals on best practices for integrating exercise during eating disorder treatment and is sensitive to the unique demands of eating disorder recovery in relation to training and competing in sport. 

Currently, Dr. Nickols is on EDCare’s Scientific Advisory Board and is the Senior Program Advisor for Athlete Edge at EDCare in Denver, CO where specialized intensive eating disorder treatment is provided for athletes.  He was previously the Director of the Victory Program, the nation’s first residential eating disorder treatment facility for athletes, from 2013-2021 at McCallum Place in St. Louis, MO. 

Dr. Nickols is listed in the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee Mental Health Registry (2020-2022).  He is a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS) through the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals (IAEDP) and holds a certificate in the Integrated Treatment of Eating Disorders from the Contemporary Psychotherapy’s Center for the Study of Anorexia & Bulimia (CSAB) in New York, NY. 

Dr. Nickols is a licensed psychologist in California, Indiana, and Missouri. Additionally, he is an approved, participating PSYPACT psychologist and can provide telehealth to the 28 participating PSYPACT states. 

Dr. Nickols is currently on the steering committee for the proposed Division of Eating Disorders and Body Image as part of the American Psychological Association (APA) and was on the steering committee for Safe Exercise at Every Stage’s (SEES) Athlete Guidelines. 

Dr. Nickols is a member of the Big Sky Sport Psychology Group, Collegiate Clinical/Counseling Sport Psychology Association (CCSPA), American Psychological Association’s Division 47 (Exercise & Sport Psychology), Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), and the AASP Eating Disorders Special Interest Group. 

In addition to competing in endurance sports for over 20 years, Dr. Nickols is a running coach and a USA Triathlon coach. 

https://mindbodyendurance.com/ 

With your host Beth Harrell 

IG  @beth.harrell.cedss  

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