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A comprehensive approach to athletes and the mental side of the game
Have you ever felt that you are not enough?
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Is your struggle with low confidence or difficult emotions hurting your game?
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Dr. Jorge Aguilar is a sports psychiatrist who has dedicated his career to helping athletes master the mental side of the game through optimization of both their mental health and their mental performance.
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His dual expertise in sports psychology and psychiatry and years of experience in professional sports make him exceedingly rare in the field and uniquely qualified to help you unlock your highest potential.
Jorge Aguilar MD, PhD
Dr. Jorge Aguilar is a double board-certified psychiatrist and mental performance coach who specializes exclusively in the care of athletes.
He is a league advisor for Major League Baseball (MLB) and Major League Soccer (MLS) on mental health & mental performance and is the team sports psychiatrist for New York City FC in MLS. He is also the founding Director of the Sports Mental Health & Performance Institute at Montefiore Einstein, where he is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
He obtained his MD and PhD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed both his Psychiatry Residency and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship training at Montefiore Einstein in New York. He is double board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology to work with athletes in adolescence and adulthood and has helped athletes at the highest levels of sport including MLB, NBA, NCAA, MLS, the World Cup, and the Olympics.
SERVICES
Athletes
Short-term and long-term mental health and/or mental performance services for individual athletes
Coaches & Staff
Short-term and long-term mental health and/or mental performance services for coaches and team staff
teams
Group training to optimize team performance or improve team dynamics and culture
speaking engagements
An enthusiastic speaker, Dr. Aguilar has been invited to speak on national and local TV, at national and international conferences, medical center grand rounds, academic institution keynotes, and professional sports league events.
supervision
Dr. Aguilar is available to provide supervision to other clinicians and coaches interested in gaining new expertise or training in the field of sports psychiatry and/or mental performance coaching.
580 Fifth Avenue, Suite 820
New York, NY 10036
212-465-2517
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Important Notice About This Form: This contact form is intended only for general, non-clinical inquiries (such as scheduling, fees, or availability).
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Please do not include confidential, sensitive, or clinical information.
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Submitting this form does not establish a psychiatrist–patient relationship and no clinical advice will be provided through this form.
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This form is not monitored for emergencies. If you are experiencing a mental health emergency or are at risk of harming yourself or others, please call 911 or contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (call or text 988) immediately.