Exercise & Sports Psychologist
Dr. Aimee Kimball is an Exercise & Sports Psychologist in Pittsburgh, PA
with special training and skill in physiology, psychology, kinesiology, and biomechanics.
As an Exercise & Sports Psychologist, Aimee Kimball, PhD 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.
Exercise Sports Psychologists in Homewood West, Pittsburgh, PA