Dr. Craig Cypher - Sport Psychologist

09/19/2025

RIP .

08/27/2025

Come here. Get better.

The Bishop Kearney girls' hockey team is preparing to follow up on a historic winning season by once again merging natural talent with science.

07/29/2025

Around, over, or thru. 🧱

07/19/2025

No és castellà, és català.

07/10/2025

Sometimes you have to suffer through the sour to get to the sweet. All the hard times are fuel to get you to a more grateful place. Don’t wish away the suffering. It’s shaping you into something better. And stronger.

06/30/2025

Ready to elevate your game? 🚀 The Summer Athlete Mindset Program is here to help you unlock your full potential! This isn’t just any program – it’s led by Dr. Craig Cypher, a Certified Mental Performance Consultant AND Licensed Psychologist.

Why is that important? It means you’re learning from someone with a unique blend of expertise: the deep psychological understanding of a licensed professional combined with specialized training in optimizing athletic performance. Dr. Cypher provides the tools necessary for optimal mental performance in sport, helping you build focus, resilience, and confidence.

The full program, 6 sessions over 6 weeks, includes:
Intro to Mindset Training: Zones of Performance
Imagery for Performance: Visualizing Success
Regulation Skills for Mental Performance: Breathing Techniques & More
“Neutral” Thinking: Self-Talk Strategies
Mental Reset Routines
The Building Blocks of Confidence and Self-Belief

Scan the QR code to sign up and take your performance to the next level! 💪 🧠!

📍 Fitness Science, 10 Miracle Mile Drive
📅 Tuesdays at 6:30 PM, Wednesdays at 11 AM

06/13/2025

Was just able to see on another social media platform that a colleague is now a PSYPACT provider. Meanwhile, I am here eyeballing the NYS Assembly to move PSYPACT and Assembly Bill A6744 forward in New York State. The NYS Senate version of this bill, co-sponsored by my own Senator Jeremy Cooney, has already been passed! But for those familiar with the old Saturday morning cartoon, the Assembly ("Just a . . ") Bill is at risk of dying in committee.

Why is Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact important? It allows licensed psychologists to provide telehealth services across state lines. Why is that important for a sport psychologist? Let me give you a hypothetical . . .

Let's say you are a parent of a very talented athlete who has options to go away to college and play at the Division I, II, or III level at a university that is out of New York State. Over their time in high school, they have developed a positive relationship with me to help meet their mental health and mental performance needs in a way that has helped them flourish. But now, just as they are about to start their freshman year away at a new college and new team, I inform you that I can no longer provide mental health treatment to them. I am not licensed in that particular state. So at a critical time in their development, they would need to start over with someone new or go without care while making this transition.

Assemblywoman Sarah Clark - AD 136, any updates you can give us from your colleagues in the Higher Education Committee? Alicia L. Hyndman, any updates you can provide as the Chair of this Committee? Unfortunately, New York, which loves to see itself as progressive on mental health issues, lags behind 43 states in enacting PSYPACT, from Alabama to Wyoming. It is time to get this done.

New York State Assembly

06/11/2025

***CARD SUBJECT TO CHANGE***

Excited to share that I will be presenting as part of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology annual conference in Montreal this Fall. The presentation is “Five Slides in Five Minutes - Meeting the Needs of Combat Athletes as a Mental Performance Consultant: Addressing Culture, Ethics and Consulting Strategies (presented by the MMA & Combat Sports SIG)”. This is a fun and engaging format that will be a perfect vehicle to highlight the amazing work being done by AASP Certified Mental Performance Consultants in Combat Sports, including Erin Herle, CMPC, Eduardo Arambula .a.clips Brad Donohue , Robert Owens, EdD, and Tyler Held . Including the work we are doing here at And a great way to kick off day one of the conference.

In true fight world fashion, I am filling in as a replacement on the “card” for Eric Manuel, who unfortunately cannot attend and will be missing the conference this Fall for the best of reasons—welcoming a new child as a father. Congrats Eric! You will be missed.

04/17/2025

Mindset Training. Week 1. Starts 4/22.

softball. You ready?

03/18/2025

Excited for this one. Heading out to on Wednesday to present on the mental side of fight prep for MMA and Combat Sports athletes. Many thanks to for the invite! As the late, great Trevor Moawad once said, “you don’t have to be sick to get better” Come learn strategies to level up your mental game on 3/19 at 7pm.

02/19/2025

“Sometimes the most productive thing you can do, is relax” - Mark Black.

Blessed to be able to take the time this week and recharge. Marco Island never disappoints.

02/17/2025

I would say I have my dream job but I don’t think I ever dreamt this big. Such an honor to support dedicated, talented athletes like McKenna and work alongside amazing colleagues in sports medicine, athletic performance, and sports nutrition at the Saunders Family Foundation Center for Orthopedics and Physical Performance at Marketplace. Comprehensive athlete development that you would see at the NCAA Division I or professional level, but available to all from youth through high school and college, young professionals, and weekend warriors. The best kept secret in Rochester.