Soccer
Firsick, Dr. Dylan
Dr. Dylan Firsick
- Title:
- Assistant Athletic Director of Mental Health & Performance
- Email:
- dylan.firsick@uga.edu
- Phone:
- 706-542-9060
Dr. Dylan Firsick joined the Georgia Athletic Association in 2021 as the Director of Mental Health and Performance.
Dr. Firsick is a sport psychologist and certified mental performance consultant accredited by the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP). Prior to joining the UGA Athletics Association, Dr. Firsick spent 6.5 years at the University of Southern California (2015-2021) serving as clinical and sport psychologist in the athletics department and a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Keck Medicine of USC. He was also an adjunct assistant professor in the marriage and family therapy program at USC Rossier School of Education. He completed a pre-doctoral internship in health service psychology in USC’s Counseling and Mental Health (CMH) Services (2015-16) and a clinical sport psychology postdoctoral fellowship in the USC Athletics Department the following year (2016-17). Dr. Firsick maintains a small private practice focused on sport performance and athlete development for athletes from childhood to professional.
He received his doctorate in counseling psychology from the University of Northern Colorado in 2016, his master’s in clinical psychology from the University of Colorado Denver in 2011, and his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Biola University in 2009 where he was a member of the Men’s Soccer team. He is a licensed psychologist by the California Board of Psychology and the Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychology.
His professional interests include sport psychology, student-athlete adjustment and Dr. Firsick is a native of Southern California and enjoys hiking, fishing, and backpacking with his wife Amy, their son Jackson, and their Golden Retriever named Finley.
functioning, performance enhancement, injury recovery, alcohol and other drug treatment, mindfulness in athlete populations, research and program evaluation, cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal process therapy (CBT/IPT), diversity and multiculturalism, supervision and teaching.
Dr. Firsick is a sport psychologist and certified mental performance consultant accredited by the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP). Prior to joining the UGA Athletics Association, Dr. Firsick spent 6.5 years at the University of Southern California (2015-2021) serving as clinical and sport psychologist in the athletics department and a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Keck Medicine of USC. He was also an adjunct assistant professor in the marriage and family therapy program at USC Rossier School of Education. He completed a pre-doctoral internship in health service psychology in USC’s Counseling and Mental Health (CMH) Services (2015-16) and a clinical sport psychology postdoctoral fellowship in the USC Athletics Department the following year (2016-17). Dr. Firsick maintains a small private practice focused on sport performance and athlete development for athletes from childhood to professional.
He received his doctorate in counseling psychology from the University of Northern Colorado in 2016, his master’s in clinical psychology from the University of Colorado Denver in 2011, and his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Biola University in 2009 where he was a member of the Men’s Soccer team. He is a licensed psychologist by the California Board of Psychology and the Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychology.
His professional interests include sport psychology, student-athlete adjustment and Dr. Firsick is a native of Southern California and enjoys hiking, fishing, and backpacking with his wife Amy, their son Jackson, and their Golden Retriever named Finley.
functioning, performance enhancement, injury recovery, alcohol and other drug treatment, mindfulness in athlete populations, research and program evaluation, cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal process therapy (CBT/IPT), diversity and multiculturalism, supervision and teaching.
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