Professor Dr. Natalie Durand Bush

Biography

Natalie Durand-Bush is a professor of sport psychology at the University of Ottawa, where she leads the Self-regulation Enhancement Well-being Performance (SEWP) Lab. With over 26 years of experience, she specializes in mental skills training assessment, mental health, and coaching psychology. As the executive director of the Canadian Centre for Mental Health and Sport (CCMHS), she focuses on providing sport-informed mental health care and educational programs for high-performance athletes, coaches, and support staff. Her research interests include mental performance consulting, mental health (psychological, emotional, social well-being), stress and burnout, high-performance sport, and self-regulation. Professor Durand-Bush actively supervises new students in thesis work and has a long history of helping athletes and coaches achieve their performance and well-being goals.

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