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Founder, Senior Principal Sport Psychologist
Olympic Athletes, Collegiate Athletes, Acrobatic Sports,
Performance Anxiety, Mental Blocks, Anxiety/Depression; Eating Disorders in Athletes
Listed in both the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) Mental Health & Mental Performance Directories
Licensed Psychologist, Minnesota Board of Psychology
Certified Mental Performance Consultant
Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology (APIT), PSYPACT Commission
Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology – University of North Texas
MSc in Psychology – University of North Texas
BS in Psychology – University of California, Los Angeles
BA in Communication Studies – University of California, Los Angeles
Doctoral Internship – Wichita Collaborative Psychology Internship Program
Fellowship/Post-Doc – Park Nicollet Melrose Institute
Dr. Anderson serves as the Director of Sport Psychology Services for the Professional Women’s Hockey League, Minnesota Frost team and for the University of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics department which she has done since 2011. At both organizations, she directs the provision of sport psychology services in mental performance and mental healthcare.
She also oversees and provides sport psychology services for the USA Curling Men’s, Women’s, Mixed Doubles, and Paralympic programs, as well as for the USA Hockey Women’s & U18 National Team Programs, working directly with coaches, athletes and support staff.
Carlin “Carly” Anderson, Ph.D., LP, CMPC is a Licensed Psychologist who specializes in sport psychology. She is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant for the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) and listed on the vetted NFL Player Association Mental Health Referral Directory, USOPC Mental health & Mental Performance Directories, and the Directory of Mental Health Service Providers for the National Basketball Players Association.
Carly Anderson is from Seattle, WA and earned her undergraduate degrees in Psychology (B.S.) and Communication Studies (B.A.) from UCLA. She went on to earn her MA and Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in sport psychology from the University of North Texas (UNT). She co-owns Premier Sport Psychology, PLLC with her husband, Justin Anderson. She currently directs the sport psychology services for Gopher Athletics and serves on the Big-10 Mental Health and Wellness Advisory Group. She also leads the sport psych services for the Professional Women’s Hockey League – Minnesota Frost team, and the USA Curling & USA Women’s Hockey National Team programs. She was a staff member for Team USA at both the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, where the US Men’s Curling team won gold, and at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games. She is a recipient of the United States Order of Ikkos Medallion from USA Curling team members honoring her contribution to their success. Previously, Dr. Anderson worked at the Melrose Center from 2009-2011 and contributed to the National Eating Disorder Association’s Coach & Trainer Toolkit. She completed her predoctoral internship in the Wichita Collaborative Psychology Internship Program and worked in the Center for Sport Psychology & Performance Excellence at UNT. She was an NCAA research grant recipient focused on learning more about female athletes & well-being in Division I colleges. Dr. Anderson is a member of the American Psychological Association; APA’s Division 47-Sport Psychology & Division 45 –Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race; Minnesota Psychological Association; Clinical/Counseling Sport Psychology Association (CCSPA); and the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP).
Carly participated in club gymnastics in Seattle for 15 years at Cascade Elite Gymnastics before winning the Level 10 National Team title in 1998. She went on to earn a full athletic scholarship to UCLA in 1999. While at UCLA, she won three NCAA national team titles in gymnastics. She was co-captain of her team, the executive co-chair of the Bruin Athletic Council, an undergraduate assistant coach for women’s gymnastics her 5th year, and a research assistant in the International Center for Talent Development at UCLA. In 2007, she worked part-time as a gymnastics coach and sports psychology consultant for Folger’s Gymnastics in Wichita, KS before moving to MN.
