Presented by Deena Abbe, Ph.D., Greg Haggerty, Ph.D., and Art Popp, Ph.D.

Sport psychology is a growing avenue for new opportunities as well as bumps in the road.  We will describe new developments in professional sports, collegiate sports, the high school and youth levels.  Social-emotional skills (core life skills) are a focus along with establishing a positive climate for learning and performance. Mental health factors and services are essential at all levels.    We will also note strategies to personally improve your game, whether it's golf, tennis, pickleball or coaching a youth soccer or softball team.

Deena Abbe, PhD is recognized as a leading clinical psychologist specializing in infants, children, and adolescents. Her areas of expertise include Feeding Disorders, Metabolic and Gastrointestinal Concerns, ADHD, Tourette’s Syndrome, Autism, Social Phobias, and Aggression. In addition to clinical work, Dr. Abbe is a clinical supervisor for graduate students at The Krasner Center at Stony Brook University.  

Greg Haggerty, Ph.D. received his B.A. in psychology from St. John’s University (where he played on the Division 1 men’s golf team on scholarship) and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Adelphi University. He completed his APA-Accredited clinical psychology internship at Zucker Hillside Hospital/Northwell Health (formally North Shore-LIJ Health System) and received post-doctoral research training at Zucker Hillside Hospital’s Division of Psychiatric Research. Dr. Haggerty has served as the director of research for Nassau University Medical Center’s Psychiatry department and was chair of the hospital’s Institutional Review Board (IRB). He has worked as chief psychologist for NUMC’s adolescent inpatient unit and as supervising psychologist in NUMC’s adult outpatient clinic where he supervised child and adolescent psychiatry fellows, psychiatry residents, psychology externs and psychology interns (as part of an APA-accredited psychology internship). He maintains an active research program focusing on personality assessment, sports psychology, training, psychopathology classification, and treatment outcome. Dr. Haggerty has received funding for his research from the NIMH and American Psychoanalytic Association. 

Art Popp, Ph.D. has been working at the intersection of social-emotional learning (SEL) skills and varsity and youth sports for over 10 years. He retired a few years ago from his position as a school psychologist in New York City, and then became more active teaching SEL to teams as well as being the line coach for boys football and the assistant coach for girls flag football at Far Rockaway High School. Dr. Popp also coached junior and senior inter-town boys for the Hewlett-Lawrence Blue Star Soccer Club. From 1992-2002, Dr. Popp practiced psychotherapy with Hewlett Counseling Center. From 2002 until retiring, he built his own private practice specializing in children and adolescents. Dr. Popp has been presenting about social-emotional learning and athletics for a number of years. This spring, he will be speaking to school psychologists of SCPA about the viability of social-emotional learning programs. Dr. Popp earned the Master’s and Ph.D. in psychology from Wayne State University and a specialization in school psychology from St. John’s. He is licensed in New York State.

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