Lukin Center for Psychotherapy

Evidence-based psychotherapy and psychiatry services in Northern NJ. We help people of all ages achieve their mental wellness and personal growth goals.

[Lukin Center for Psychotherapy @LukinCenter]

Here is why "Just don't think about it" advice
never works in sports

[Lukin Center for Psychotherapy @LukinCenter]

Anxiety, Fear, Self-Doubt. They are all a part of the process. You can feel this, and still take small steps towards the person you want to be.

[Bhrett McCabe, PhD @DrBhrettMcCabe]

The goal isn’t to stop caring about results — it’s to stop depending on them. When your worth doesn’t rise and fall with the outcome, you compete with a freedom that most never find.

[Lukin Center for Psychotherapy @LukinCenter]

How much time are you spending daydreaming about the possibilities?
Start taking small actions today.
They will add up over time.
#dothethings

[Sports Psychology @SportPsychTips]

The two things you have the most control over:
1. Your attitude
2. Your effort

[Lukin Center for Psychotherapy @LukinCenter]

@goldmedalmind So true! It's not in the wins, but rather in how you handle setbacks that defines your inner landscape.

[Lukin Center for Psychotherapy @LukinCenter]

@DrBhrettMcCabe So true!
Winning is a by-product of confidence.
Don't get me wrong, winning can definitely add to confidence, but only experience and persistent action in the face of mistakes and set-backs can built true self-confidence.

[Bhrett McCabe, PhD @DrBhrettMcCabe]

Real confidence isn’t built from winning. It’s built from knowing you can take a hit, make the adjustment, and keep going. The scoreboard can’t teach you that — only experience can.

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

Steph Curry with a great message here about effecting the game, even when you don’t stat

“If it’s not your night stat wise, whether you play two, 10, 20 minutes, come with the right energy.”

A winner is a winner, no matter how many minutes they play

[Lukin Center for Psychotherapy @LukinCenter]

Reminders from therapy:
You can do it anxiously.
You can do it scared.
You can do it with self-doubt.
You Can Do It.
#therapyreminders

[Lukin Center for Psychotherapy @LukinCenter]

GRIT
You will lose, lose, and lose again before you finally win. That is where resiliency is built, especially if you have the right coaching.
The jets have a long way to go, however, you can see from the #GRIT Aaron glenn has learned from #MCDC
The jets will persevere.

[New York Jets @nyjets]

"I told our guys at halftime that these are the games I really can tell the mental and physical toughness of our team and the grit that we've been talking about that we have to play with to win these games"

[Lukin Center for Psychotherapy @LukinCenter]

@recovery_your Learning to let go is a part of the process. However, that can never happen without that person feeling validated, and their trauma being processed. Without that, letting go can never happen.

[Lukin Center for Psychotherapy @LukinCenter]

Your children will remember that you showed up. When it comes to sports. Just. Show. Up.
You don't know how much it means.

[Grassroots @Teamgrassroots_]

���️ My dad was very poorly with leukemia, but what kept him going was watching his grandkids play football. He never missed a match if he could help it. Rain, wind, or cold — he’d be there on the sidelines, cheering them on.

When he became too weak to stand for long or sit out in the weather, we bought him a little pop-up tent so he could still be there, tucked up and warm, watching them play. It meant the world to him — and to us — that he could keep doing what he loved for as long as possible.

[Lukin Center for Psychotherapy @LukinCenter]

@AlanSteinJr As a competitor, athlete, and individual. Being on time and being prepared are also two things that are completely within our control.
They deserve all the attention we can give it.

[Alan Stein, Jr. @AlanSteinJr]

Being on time, and being prepared, are both signs of respect. Give them. Expect them.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Ever notice how the loudest critic is never in the huddle?

They’re in the stands.
Or behind a screen.
Or in the hallway after the game.

They don’t hear the teaching.
They don’t see the work.

Trust is built in the huddle.
Focus on the voices that are there.

[Lukin Center for Psychotherapy @LukinCenter]

Remember. It's not about how many times you fall, it's how often you can keep getting back up.
That's how the greatest athletes are made.

[Lukin Center for Psychotherapy @LukinCenter]

Dear Athlete,
If you just had a setback.
Remember...
#athlete #athletemindset #GOAT

[Lukin Center for Psychotherapy @LukinCenter]

Shohei battles ACL and TJ injuries and didn't let that define his limits. #ShoheiOhatni