The Intervention and Consultation program provides you with the knowledge and skills to educate and counsel individuals and teams in various sport and physical activity contexts. It prepares you to conduct sound assessments and develop tailored mental skills programs for the achievement of performance and well-being goals. It’s the only sport psychology program in Canada that fully prepares you to be recognized as a mental performance consultant (MPC) by the Canadian Sport Psychology Association (CSPA).

Your training involves completing essential coursework and a 400-hour supervised internship with one of various sport clubs or renowned organizations such as the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. Most MPCs move on to private practice. Some even take their skills to other performance-focused fields such as the military, academia, business and the performing arts.

The University of Ottawa is ranked among the top 100 universities worldwide for its sports-related graduate programs. The Intervention and Consultation program has been developed and is run by experienced MPCs who have raised industry standards through their own private practices and the key roles they play in the CSPA, the Canadian Centre for Mental Health and Sport, the Association of Applied Sport Psychology, the Coaching Association of Canada, and Curling and Volleyball Canada.