Halley Altieri, Mental Performance Coach

University of North Carolina - Greensboro

Halley received her bachelor’s degree at West Virginia University in Sport Psychology and went to the University of North Carolina Greensboro for her master’s degree in Applied Sport Psychology. At UNCG, she was a Mental Performance Consultant for Division I Men’s Tennis, Division III Women’s Soccer, and a competitive youth gymnastics team. She also partnered with colleges and created online mental skills workshops for collegiate athletes to tune in to. Halley went on after school to work with soldiers at Fort Sill, OK where she expanded her knowledge of unique performances and how mental skills can aid in different settings. 

In August of 2022, Halley became a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) through the Association of Applied Sport Psychology. Halley is currently working toward her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at the University of Kansas. At KU, she teaches Introduction to Psychology and is researching psychological barriers to help-seeking in athletic and military populations. She hopes to better understand how beliefs and attitudes can hinder or enhance help-seeking in those populations. Halley enjoys helping the athletes she works with maximize their strengths and reach new levels of passion and development using mental performance coaching.