About Our Founder

Robert Andrews, M.A., director and founder of The Institute of Sports Psychology, has been in private practice as a sports counselor and psychotherapist for 18 years. His areas of expertise, primary areas of focus and passion are working with athletes to help them realize their peak potential as an athlete, and helping injured athletes overcome the emotional, mental, and spiritual effects of their sports related injury.

Robert played on a Texas State Championship football team and as an athlete suffered his own serious sports related injuries in high school and college. As a psychotherapist, he received extensive training in performance enhancement, and trauma resolution. He began to realize the extensive impact of sports injuries on performance and how these injuries hold athletes back not only in sports, but also in life. The Institute of Sports Psychology is the culmination of his dream to dramatically impact the way performance and recovery is addressed and treated in athletes.

His work with high school, college, professional, and Olympic athletes has created phenomenal results. Robert sees many of the athletes he works with in action and does extensive research to find out as much as possible about each athlete. This insight allows Robert to provide invaluable feedback to increase performance levels and breakthrough performance ceilings and comfort zones.

In addition to being a Certified Sports Counselor, Robert is also a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and the director of The Accelerated Behavior Change Training, a dynamic personal growth and life skills training for men and women. He publishes a monthly featured article in the National Athletic Trainers Association magazine on some aspect of sports performance and sports injuries.

Robert is married, has two children, both athletes, and maintains an active lifestyle that promotes all around mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health, well being, and balance.

Current Memberships:

National Athletic Trainers Association
National Institute of Sports Professionals
American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
Texas Association of Marriage and Family Therapy