Dr. Jim Taylor
Sports Psychology
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Biography
Dr. Jim Taylor is an internationally recognized authority on the psychology of sport and parenting. He has consulted with athletes, coaches, and parents for more than 30 years. Jim has been a consultant to numerous national teams and has been an invited speaker by the Olympic committees of the U.S., Spain, France, and Poland. He has worked with professional, Olympic, collegiate, and junior-elite athletes in many other sports. Jim has been a speaker at hundreds of elementary and secondary schools, education associations, and youth-sports programs, around the world. Jim received his Bachelor's degree from Middlebury College and earned his Master's degree and Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Colorado. He was an associate professor in the School of Psychology at Nova University in Ft. Lauderdale, a clinical associate professor in the Master’s in Sport and Performance Psychology program at the University of Denver, and is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Sports Management program at the University of San Francisco. Jim is the author 18 books including five parenting books and eight sport psychology books. He is also the editor of four textbooks related to sport psychology. He has published more than 750 articles in popular and professional publications and has given more than 1000 workshops and presentations throughout the North America and Europe. Dr. Jim’s blog posts have been read by more than ten million people on psychologytoday.com and huffingtonpost.com, as well as on his own web site. He hosts the Raising Young Athletes podcast. A former internationally ranked alpine ski racer, Jim is a certified tennis coach, a 2nd degree black belt and certified instructor in karate, a marathon runner, and an Ironman triathlete. To learn more, visit www.drjimtaylor.com.
Education
Ph.D., Psychology
Classes by Dr. Jim Taylor
- Raise a Successful and Happy Athlete · On-Demand Class · Parenting