Sport Psychology Leadership – Athletic Medicine of USC Student Health

Scholefield, Robin; PhD

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Dr. Robin Scholefield (Associate Director of Clinical and Sport Psychology Services, Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Professor of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Keck School of Medicine of USC) has provided counseling to individual student athletes, groups, teams, as well as conjoint sessions for student athletes and coaches/teammates for the past 24 years at the University of Southern California. …Continue Reading Scholefield, Robin; PhD

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