Sommer D. Thomas

Exercise & Sports Psychologist

Ms. Sommer D. Thomas is an Exercise & Sports Psychologist in Long Beach, CA with special training and skill in physiology, psychology, kinesiology, and biomechanics. As an Exercise & Sports Psychologist, Sommer D. Thomas performs mental health and athletic performance enhancing treatments. Exercise & Sports Psychology is the study of the relationship between psychology and physical activity, including sport and exercise. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Exercise & Sports Psychologists include low self-esteem, stress, anxiety, and physical injuries. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Exercise & Sports Psychologists include observation, counseling, physical rehabilitation, and customized exercise protocol development.

A psychologist with a proficiency in sports psychology that uses psychological knowledge and skills to address optimal performance and well-being of athletes, developmental and social aspects of sports participation, and systemic issues associated with sports settings and organizations. APA recognizes sport psychology as a proficiency acquired after a doctoral degree in one of the primary areas of psychology and licensure as a psychologist. This proficiency does not include those who have earned a doctoral degree in sport psychology but are not licensed psychologists. Sport Psychology interventions are designed to assist athletes and other sports participants (e.g., coaches, administrators, parents) from a wide array of settings, levels of competition, and ages, ranging from recreational youth participants to professional and Olympic athletes to master's level performers.