Bio

Dr. Dave Botsford is a licensed clinical and sport psychologist based in Santa Barbara California. Dr. Dave works with athletes and teams from youth sport, collegiate, and elite levels supporting mental health and performance psychology strategies necessary for consistently optimal performance in sport and life. After working within collegiate athletics for 15 years, Dr. Dave left his position with the University of California Santa Barbara Athletics Department to pursue his own sport psychology practice at Mountain Minded Performance Psychology.

Prior to his career as a sport psychologist, Dr. Dave was a competitive boardercross athlete. After retiring from competition, Dr. Dave completed his doctoral degree in clinical psychology at the Arizona School of Professional Psychology, including an APA-accredited internship at the University of Oklahoma Athletics Department. Additionally, Dr. Dave has a Master of Science degree in Sport Psychology from the University of Utah and is a member of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee Sport Psychology and Mental Health Registries. Dr. Dave continues to pursue an active lifestyle; enjoying soccer, snowboarding, marathon running, and is a certified yoga instructor.