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2015 Distinguished Student Practice

Award Winner

Stacy L. Gnacinski, MS, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

While it is an honor to have been

selected as the 2015 Distinguished
It is evident that my education
Student Practice Award recipi-

ent, having been invited along on and mentorship played a key

Stacy
so many clients’ journeys to goal
role in my success as a
achievement is a far greater honor.
GNACINSKI
As I look back on my master’s pro- novice consultant.

gram and the irst two years of my

doctoral program, it is evident that my education and mentorship

played a key role in my success as a novice consultant.
importance of mentorship in our ield, and in my case, I can attest

that my advisor’s candid guidance and genuine investment in my
Education and Mentorship

ongoing development have been paramount to my effectiveness
The multidisciplinary graduate coursework that I have completed
as a consultant. In addition to what I have learned about myself
has provided me a broad base of sport scientiic knowledge to sup-

through our regular meetings and debriefs over the past four port my consulting work. The faculty housed in UW-Milwaukee’s

years, I have learned much about what it takes to be an effective
Integrated Health Care and Performance (IHCP) Unit embrace an
consultant by simply observing her practice and attending to how
interdisciplinary approach to patient and client care — a philosophy

she deliberately and consistently mentors me through my own suc- that is taught and practiced in all courses within the department.

cesses and challenges. I am extremely grateful for the time and Collectively, these educational experiences have not only extended

effort she has dedicated to helping me achieve success in various
my knowledge of integrated human performance and trained me

areas of my life.
to utilize a scientist-practitioner model of service delivery, but also

informed the development of my current consulting philosophy.

Service Delivery Experiences: Sport and Exercise

I had the opportunity to deliver mental training services to a variety While my academic coursework provided me with the foundation

of sport clients including: Milwaukee area adult marathon runners
of knowledge necessary for effective performance consulta-

at the UW-Milwaukee Performance and Injury Center (PIC), an tion, much credit is owed to my advisor and CC-AASP mentor

NCAA Division I women’s soccer team, and various Milwaukee area (Barbara Meyer, PhD) for her role in my successes as a graduate

high school athletes. Under the direct supervision of my advisor, I
student consultant. The literature is replete with evidence for the

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