burton giges

Burt Giges is currently Past - President of AASP, Clinical Professor in the Athletic Counseling Program, Department of Psychology at Springfield College, and a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He currently serves as Special Consultant to the USA Track and Field Sport Psychology Program, and formerly was Consultant to the Westchester Track Club in New York, and the Women's Track and Field team at Springfield College. In the past, he was team physician for a high school football team in New York. He has given numerous workshops at various universities around the country, has been a keynote speaker at sport psychology conferences, and is currently on the Editorial Board of The Sport Psychologist.

 

Dr. Giges obtained his bachelor’s degree at City College of NY, where he was a member of the fencing team, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated magna cum laude. He received his MD degree from New York University College of Medicine, won first prize for the highest scholastic standing at graduation, and was president of the Honor Medical Fraternity. He conducted research at The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in NY, and at the Walter Reed Hospital Research and Graduate School in Washington prior to entering psychiatry. His training in psychiatry was at The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry in New York, where he was appointed Chief Resident, and then served on the faculty for many years. He later served as Director of Community Mental Health Services in Westchester County, and was also a member of the Board of the Gestalt Center of Long Island. 

 

His special interests in sport psychology include: consultant’s self-awareness, psychological barriers to performance excellence, and brief contact interventions. He has conducted workshops on these issues in many different universities around the country.