Dr. Becky Clark is a mental performance coach/consultant, sports envoy/diplomat, mentor, scholar, and licensed psychotherapist in private practice in New York City. She has consulted with Olympians, Paralympians, and Deaflympians in a number of sports, including professional, college, youth, and recreational athletes throughout her career. As a therapist, she specializes in working with athletes with and without disabilities.
Dr. Clark earned her Ph.D. in Kinesiology specializing in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Temple University and MSW in Clinical Social Work from New York University (NYU). She is an adjunct lecturer at NYU Silver School of Social Work where she co-developed the first graduate course on the Introduction to Mental Health in Athletes and also an adjunct instructor in the Sport and Performance Psychology programs at the University of Western States. Dr. Clark serves as Mentor for CMPC candidates and listed i n the Association for Applied Sport Psychology National Registry of Approved Mentors. Dr. Clark is a Fellow of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology.
Dr. Clark has published in sports-related publications including scholarly journals and books and presented papers at various national and international organizations. Dr. Clark served as a Sports Envoy to Thailand and China to advance sports, mental performance, disability rights, inclusion, and gender equality for the U.S. Department of State, and as an American Cultural Ambassador of Sports for the Deaf in Venezuela. She also serves as an Ambassador for the Asian Soccer Academy (ASA) Foundation in Indonesia. Dr. Clark has worked with organizations, institutions, and individuals from over 100 countries as a consultant and sports diplomat in the areas of leadership, mental performance training, youth sports, deaf & disability sport, trauma-informed sports, gender equality, inclusion and the use of sport as a tool for effective and positive social change.
Dr. Clark has a long and rich history as a multi-sport elite athlete including a four-sport high school letter winner, former basketball player for Pat Summitt and the University of Tennessee Lady Vols, a three- time Deaflympian with one gold and two silver medals for the USA Deaf Women’s Volleyball Team, and a gold medal in the 1991 U.S. Olympic Festival. She has run seven marathons and competed in elite fast-pitch softball for 25 years with two trips to the national tournament. She has played for two legendary Hall of Fame coaches in two different sports. Dr. Clark was a torchbearer for the 2002 Winter Olympics Torchbearer Relay Team.
Dr. Clark is a recipient of the President’s Council of Fitness, Sports and Nutrition Community Leadership Award and New York University Silver School of Social Work Distinguished Alumni Award. She currently serves as Vice President of WomenSport International.