Brian Gonzalez

Education

• Doctoral student, Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, West Virginia University
• M.A. student, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, West Virginia University
• M.S., Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, California State University Long Beach
• B.A., Psychology, California State University Los Angeles

Experience

• Working as a peer advisor to the college student-athlete population. Former college soccer athlete and coach.

Interests

• Impacts of self-compassion on well-being and performance. Interactions between psychological flexability and self-compassion in sport.

Goals

• Work as a sport psychology consultant and/or researcher within a professional soccer organization in the U.S or Europe.

Brian is pursuing a doctorate in Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, along with a master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at West Virginia University. He holds an M.S. in Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology from CSU Long Beach, and a B.A. in Psychology from CSU Los Angeles. Brian played collegiate soccer during his undergraduate experience and later took on a role as a college soccer coach for a community college. He has worked heavily with college student athletes via 1-on-1 interactions that focus on their well-being and academic responsibilities. Brian's research interests include the impacts of self-compassion on well-being and performance within sport. In his free time, Brian likes to go for walks in nature, try out different desserts in the area, and read fiction books.