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Dr. Jones and Dr. Chirby are psychologists who have been in private practice for over 20 years. After many years of working with athletes and gaining extensive skills in clinical practice, they founded MindBalanceSPORT. This unique approach stems from the combination of years of helping people change their thoughts to achieve a healthier mindset, and now teaching mental skills to athletes to achieve optimal and mindful performance.
In their collective 15 years of youth sports and 20 plus teams, there has never been a coach who has offered mental training to the hundreds of athletes they have come in contact with. They have not seen or heard youth sports adopt their beliefs promoting mental skills as important as physical skills. As a result, Dr. Chirby and Dr. Jones have seen too many athletes drop out due to disengagement, inability to handle stress, lack of enjoyment and injury due to over training.
Brenna Chirby, Psy.D.
Dr. Brenna Chirby is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who received her doctorate degree from the American School of Professional Psychology in 1999. Prior to that she obtained a master’s degree from California State University, Long Beach and since has spent 20+ years working in the sport psychology and mental health field.
Dr. Chirby has been in private practice for over 20 years. She completed her Post-Doctoral Residency at Virginia Tech University Counseling Center and Athletic Department. This placement provided advanced training in working with the university population and in Sport Psychology. Upon completing her residency, Dr. Chirby stayed on at Virginia Tech working for the Athletic Department to develop and implement their sports psychology program. Following her work at Virginia Tech, Dr. Chirby developed the counseling center at the Art Institute of Washington DC and taught graduate psychology courses at Argosy University, DC campus and Marymount University.
Dr. Chirby is trained in Mindful Sport Performance Enhancement. Dr. Chirby is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Virginia Psychological Association, Division 47, The Society for Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology, and The Association for Applied Sport Psychology.
Virginia Jones, Psy.D.
Dr. Virginia Jones is a Licensed Counseling Psychologist who received her doctorate degree in 2000 from the American School of Professional Psychology. Prior to that she obtained her master’s degree in psychology from Marymount University and since has spent 20+ years working in the counseling psychology and mental health field.
Dr. Jones has been in private practice for over 20 years. She completed her Post-Doctoral Residency at Virginia Hospital Center’s (former) Pentagon City location in the neuro psychology department. This placement provided advanced training in working with patients with traumatic brain injuries.
Upon completing her residency Dr. Jones helped to develop and run the Adult Day Treatment Program at Dominion Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia. Dr. Jones also taught psychology courses at Marymount University’s undergraduate and graduate schools.
Dr. Jones is trained in Mindful Sport Performance Enhancement. Dr. Jones is a member of the American Psychological Association, the American Counseling Association, the Northern Virginia Licensed Professional Counselors Association, Division 47, The Society for Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology, and The Association for Applied Sport Psychology.