Dr. Kelsey Kinnamon, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and Certified Mental Performance Consultant with the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. As the Assistant Director of Integrated Behavioral Health, she provides comprehensive mental health and performance services within athletics including individual and group therapy and mental performance services, team consultation, consultation with athletic department staff, and psychoeducational and outreach programming.
Dr. K completed her doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology at Florida State University, where she provided individual and group counseling in FSU Counseling & Psychological Services and worked closely with athletics to coordinate and provide comprehensive psychoeducational evaluations for student-athletes experiencing barriers to their learning and thriving. While there, Kelsey also conducted research in the areas of suicide prevention, pressure training, professional issues in clinical sport psychology.
Kelsey completed her year-long, full-time doctoral internship at Lehigh University, where she specialized in sport psychology. Here, Kelsey worked closely with numerous teams to provide mental health and performance services.
Prior to her time at Florida State, Dr. K completed a master’s degree in Sport & Exercise Psychology at Georgia Southern University, during which she provided mental performance services with numerous teams and conducted research on how coaches can support student-athlete mental health. Dr. K completed a bachelor’s degree in Sport & Exercise Psychology at West Virginia University.
Dr. K is passionate about supporting student-athlete mental health and developing programming that equips athletic staff with the knowledge and skills to create healthy environments and support athlete mental health and performance. While Kelsey was trained as a generalist, she also has extensive experience in the areas of performance anxiety, mental blocks, interpersonal concerns, suicide prevention, and trauma related concerns.