Equestrian Sports Psychology Doug Lietzke
Specialize in working with Horseback Riders, Counseling including Telephone Sessions, PA Licensed Psychologist
© 2017 • Doug Lietzke • 484-442-0750 • 1446 Farmington Ave., Suite 104, Pottstown, PA 19464

Common Riding Issues

  • Riding after an injury or fall.
  • Overcoming setbacks.
  • Coping with an injury to your horse.
  • Adjusting to the loss of your horse.
  • Learning how to select a horse that matches your needs.
  • Adapting to a new horse.
  • Managing the stress of trailering

Improving Skills

  • Using visualization techniques to improve your riding.
  • Learning and implementing relaxation techniques.
  • Developing and using positive affirmations to improve your riding.
  • Changing negative thoughts into positive ones.
  • Using past successes to increase future riding success.
  • Removing self limiting beliefs.
  • Improving your mind-body connection.

Competitive Riding Issues

  • Learning how to get a better night sleep before a competition.
  • Establishing pre-competition rituals.
  • Controlling pre-competition nervousness.
  • Improving concentration.
  • Getting into the “Zone”.
  • Managing nervousness when competing.
  • Maximizing your post competition review and analysis.

Interactions With Others

  • Learning how to better help your spouse and others understand and deal with your love of riding.
  • Balancing your riding with other parts of your life.
  • Creating more positive interactions with coaches and trainers.
  • Improving communication with your veterinarian, farrier, and other riders.
  • Coping with negative people.
  • Learning how to be more assertive.

Personal Improvement

  • Establishing multilevel goals that meet your needs.
  • Increasing your motivation.
  • Dealing with the fear of failure.
  • Avoiding procrastination.
  • Managing pressure.
  • Learning how to ride in a more self confident fashion.
  • Controlling performance issues that concern you.
  • Strengthening your mental toughness.

Personal Growth

  • Providing professional feedback and support.
  • Discussing emotionally charged issues in a supportive confidential setting.
  • Assisting you in dealing with issues that you normally wouldn’t share with others. 
  • Applying sports psychology to other areas of your life.

Experience Counts

Doug Lietzke Doug Lietzke

I have published over forty articles applying sports psychology to horseback riding. My experience includes recording three professional audio tapes that apply sports psychology to riding. Riders of varied interests and abilities from international competitors to pleasure riders have benefited from working with me. I have been a paid lecturer throughout the United States and in Canada. As a licensed psychologist I have over thirty years of experience working with adults and adolescents.

My own athletic background includes winning a national championship in one day 100 mile endurance riding and being the first man to have successfully both ridden and run the Old Dominion One Day 100 Mile Race.