Lisa Dorfman

As a Board-Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD), Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and Certified Chef with four decades of experience, I offer a distinctive integrative approach to sports performance counseling that combines sports nutrition, performance psychology, and mental health counseling. Licensed in Florida and Utah, I help professional, collegiate, military, tactical, and "life" athletes optimize mental and physical performance while navigating the unique demands of training, competition, recovery, and everyday life.

My expertise includes sports performance counseling, sports nutrition, mental performance, performance anxiety, injury rehabilitation, return-to-play, burnout, overtraining syndrome, Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S), body composition optimization, fueling for performance, hydration strategies, safe weight management for competition, and athlete transitions—including preparing for collegiate athletics, competing at elite levels, recovering from injury or illness, and transitioning into or out of professional sport.

I help athletes strengthen confidence, improve focus and concentration, increase motivation, regulate emotions, manage stress and anxiety, overcome performance barriers, and resolve unresolved trauma, developing the resilience needed to perform consistently under pressure. My goal is to help athletes maximize both performance and long-term health by addressing the psychological and physiological factors that influence success.

My integrative approach combines Mental Health Performance Counseling with sport-specific EMDR, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance-Based Therapy (ABT), mindfulness, guided mental imagery, breathing techniques, Medical Nutrition Therapy, evidence-based sports nutrition, performance fueling, hydration planning, body composition strategies, and Reiki. Every treatment plan is individualized to support recovery, enhance resilience, optimize performance, and promote lifelong health and well-being.

Starting therapy can feel vulnerable, and it’s completely normal to feel unsure about where to begin.

In our first session, we’ll take things at your pace. We’ll talk about what’s been going on, what you’re hoping for, your goals and what kind of support feels most helpful. You don’t need to prepare anything ahead of time—this is a space where you can show up as you are and begin feeling supported right away.