Concussion Education & Workshops
Evidence-informed keynotes and workshops for healthcare practitioners and sport organizations. Designed to build understanding, strengthen care, and give your team practical tools they can actually use.
You're already doing a lot. This is the piece that's still missing.
Managing concussion recovery is challenging for all involved; for patients and for the practitioners and organizations supporting them. The physical side has protocols. The psychological side largely doesn't.
This often looks like:
People who are not progressing despite following every recommendation
Fear avoidance cycles and boom or bust patterns that stall recovery with no clear framework for addressing them
Being told to address the psychological side without the tools or referral pathways to do it
Time-limited sessions that make it difficult to go beyond physical symptoms
Patients who are physically cleared but emotionally nowhere near ready to return
What The Research Tells Us
Untreated psychological factors complicate and prolong concussion recovery (Complete Concussions, 2024)
Athletes with fear-avoidance behaviours post-concussion take significantly longer to return to play and psychological interventions meaningfully improve those timelines (systematic review, 2024)
More than 20% of people report significant mental health symptoms six months post-concussion (Seabury et al., 2018)
Patients consistently report leaving early appointments feeling confused, worried, and unsure of what to do next citing vague guidance and a lack of psychological support as key gaps (Nguyen et al., 2023)
Practitioners and workplaces alike identify mental health support and concussion education as critical unmet needs (Salmon et al., 2022)
This isn't a failure of care. It's a gap in how concussion recovery has been framed and it's one that can be addressed.
About Cait Leavitt
Registered Clinical Counsellor &
Certified Mental Performance Consultant
Cait’s work sits at intersection of concussion recovery, mental health & performance psychology.
brings clinical depth, current research, and a lived experience informed perspective into every room. Her presentations are designed to shift understanding and not just deliver information. Practitioners and sport professionals leave with tools they can use immediately, without needing a background in psychology to apply them.
Keynote Speaking & Educational Workshops
Concussions & Mental Health: Psychological Impact of Concussions
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For anyone and everyone, because concussions are common.
More specifically this supports sports teams and organizations, schools and multidisciplinary clinics -
Despite the growing awareness around concussions, few understand the psychological impact: what it feels like to be inside prolonged recovery, why mental health symptoms develop, and what to do about them.
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A clearer picture of the full concussion experience, more attuned communication with patients and athletes, and a practical framework for integrating psychological awareness into their work.
Psychologically Informed Concussion Care: Support for Providers
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Healthcare Providers: Doctors, physiotherapists, athletic therapists, chiropractors, sport psychologists, occupational therapists, concussion clinic teams & multidisciplinary health teams.
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Practitioners are increasingly aware that psychological factors matter in concussion recovery. What is less clear is how to address them practically, within existing sessions, within scope, and without adding to an already full workload.
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Your team will leave with practical tools to embed psychological considerations into concussion care, improving patient outcomes without expanding the caseload or stepping outside scope of practice.
trusted in providing Concussion Informed Care with:
