Connor Barrett, M.S, CMPC
About Connor
Connor Barrett has an extensive background working with athletes and performers from all levels including middle school, high school, college, and professional athletes, first responders, and military personnel.
Along with his work at Next Play, Connor served as a Master Resilience Trainer with the U.S. Army where he trained soldiers, military leadership, and other personnel mental skills, resiliency, and performance enhancement. A few of the skills include building confidence, imagery, emotion regulation, motivation, establishing routines, attention control, great teams, stress management and many more.
Connor received his Master's degree in Sport and Performance Psychology from California Baptist University (CBU). At CBU, he studied under distinguished mentors in the Sport and Performance Psychology field and worked with numerous Division 1 athletic teams and individual athletes, first responders, ROTC cadets, and the 2022 State Champion Riverside City College baseball team. During his Master's program, he was also a Graduate Assistant with the Division 1 Western Athletic Conference champion baseball team.
Connor competed in baseball at the NCAA level at Point Loma Nazarene University as a pitcher. It was during his college baseball experience where he was introduced to mental performance training.
Connor is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP). See below for more details regarding AASP and CMPC.
The Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP)
The Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) describes the Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) as follows:
"AASP, the leader in serving the needs of sport and performance psychology professionals, developed the CMPC credential to recognize the specialized knowledge and skill that athletes and performers at all levels demand. The certification demonstrates to clients, employers, colleagues, and the public at large that an individual with a master’s or doctoral degree in sport science, psychology or a closely related field has met the highest standards of professional practice, including completing a combination of educational and work requirements, successfully passing a certification exam, agreeing to adhere to ethical principles and standards, and committing to ongoing professional development. CMPCs work with individuals of all ages and across a variety of performance contexts, including:
• Sport (athletes and coaches)
• Exercise (all activity levels)
• Tactical (military, firefighters, police)
• Performing Arts (dancers and musicians)
• Business (executives)"
"The only nationally accredited certification for mental performance professionals in the United States and Canada, CMPCs are recognized for their expertise and ethical practice to help performers reduce performance anxiety, improve concentration and communication, build confidence, set goals, and more."
For more information, please visit https://appliedsportpsych.org/certification/