The COPE Center is excited to offer a comprehensive 20-hour group mentorship program designed for aspiring mental performance consultants. Led by Dr. Erdner, The CEO & Founder of The COPE Center, this 10-month long mentorship provides a structured, collaborative, and research-informed space for developing the skills needed to psychologically support clients across diverse contexts as they navigate their respective performance domains while also being prepared to work with injury and/or illness when/if it happens for your clients. To be eligible, you need to currently be working with mental performance client(s) in either a sport or non-sport-related domain.

Note: For those interested in becoming a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), as an AASP-approved CMPC mentor, Dr. Erdner will be able to sign off on these hours to suffice for group mentorship.

What to Expect:

Over the course of 10, two-hour sessions, participants will engage in a dynamic mix of instruction, group dialogue, confidential case discussions, and guided skill-building. Dr. Erdner draws on extensive applied experience and evidence-based research to deepen participants’ knowledge and practical abilities. Topics will include, but are not limited to:

• How to conceptualize a client’s case using proper theories and models specifics to non-injured an injured-ill clients

• Creating an assessment plan to determine the client’s psychological needs as they navigate non-injured or injury-illness.

• Discuss evidence-based interventions to help clients navigate the psychological terrain of performance and injury-illness.

• Understand how to implement ethical-decision making when working with an interdisciplinary team.

What You’ll Gain:

Throughout and upon the completion of your group mentorship experience, you will grow in a multitude of ways. Some of which cannot be anticipated. However, in doing this work with students and practitioners, what we can assure you is that you’ll gain:

• Confidence + Competence due to gaining foundational knowledge in working with injured-ill clients from a psychological perspective.

• Resources in a two-fold format:

  • Content that Dr. Erdner has used with clientele across her tenure working as a CMPC.

  • Content Library to support your efforts in implementing the psychology of injury and rehabilitation with your clients, which includes:

    • Psychology of Injury & Rehabilitation, Assessments: a total of 28 assessments ranging from rehabilitation adherence to sport injury anxiety and return-to-sport readiness, and many concepts in between!

    • Psychology of Injury & Rehabilitation, Peer-Reviewed Articles: ranging from DEI in Injury articles to specific articles pertaining to performance psychology in injury.

    • Psychology of Sport Injury, Interdisciplinary Team Resources: Information on how to navigate a relationship, following appropriate HIPAA guidelines, when working with medical professionals such as the client's primary medical team and/or their mental health therapist

To best accommodate practitioner schedules, this mentorship is offered on the following dates/times.

• Wednesdays

  • Meets: Second Wednesday of every month

  • Dates: February 11, 2026 - November 11, 2026

  • Time: 3:00pm - 5:00pmPT | 4:00pm – 6:00pmMT | 5:00pm – 7:00pmCT | 6:00pm – 8:00pmET

  • Participants: Limited to 10 to people

  • Total Hours: 20 (10 sessions, 2 hours each)

  • Format: Virtual, live meetings via Zoom

Pricing:

• $1,250 USD per person for all 10 sessions, which includes taxes and processing fees.

If you’re interested, please complete this interest form sharing not only who you are but also which group mentorship cohort you’d like to participate in. Dr. Erdner will message you shortly to discuss your eligibility for the group mentorship sessions. We look forward to working with you in such a way that adds value to your world.