Dr. Joseph Galasso holds a Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology. His areas of expertise include psychological assessment and treatment, sport psychology, clinical and organizational consultation, and organizational development. Dr. Galasso owns and operates Baker Street Behavioral Health & The COR Behavioral Group. These practices provide integrated behavioral health services for children, teens, adults, and families. Specifically, Dr. Galasso has developed internationally recognized and adopted athletic programs for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Additionally, Dr. Galasso provides ongoing consultation, training, and coaching services to individuals, families, professional and amateur athletes, teams, corporations, and schools. Dr. Galasso currently serves as the Director of Clinical and Performance Psychology for the NY Liberty, is the Consulting Psychologist for the NJ Devils, Gotham FC, and the NY Red Bulls.
Dr. Galasso received his undergraduate degree in Psychology from Quinnipiac University, in Hamden, CT and a Master’s Degree in Industrial & Organizational Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University, in Madison, NJ. Dr. Galasso received his Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology (with a special emphasis in Child and Family Psychology) from Alliant International University in San Diego, CA.
Running coaches and a sports psychologist share how to prepare the day before a race, including seven key things you should do the day before a marathon. While taking all these steps to prepare for your marathon can help reduce pre-race anxiety, there’s more you can do to calm your mind if needed. If you’re feeling anxious, the first step is to give yourself grace and recognize that what you’re feeling is common, says Joseph Galasso, PsyD, a sports psychologist and the CEO of Baker Street Behavioral Health. Then, he recommends using a visualization practice to picture a successful race.
An in-depth look at how the pandemic has shifted our perception of time. This extended period of disorientation and alarm reshaped our outlook, says Joseph Galasso, a clinical psychologist with Baker Street Behavioral Health in Franklin Lakes. “These traumas that are attached to all these little things that seem innocuous when you kind of look at them individually ... when you stack them all up and how constant they were for so long, it changes the way you think about yourself in the world and how you fit in the world.”
While it’s not possible to clear your mind of all thinking, there are things you can do to quiet wandering, unwanted thoughts. Learn more from experts here.
Joseph Galasso, PsyD, a clinical and sports psychologist and CEO of Baker Street Behavioral Health, prefers to reframe clearing your mind as “clearing out the noise.” “When you are able to clear the noise, you are able to reduce the interference that may occur between your brain and your body,” he says, which can be particularly beneficial in a performance setting.
Being mentally tough isn’t about never making mistakes — it’s about being able to learn and move on from them quickly. “In sports psychology, we often talk about having a ‘next play mentality,’ or making sure that if you face a challenge, you are able to recognize that it’s time limited, and that your next performance is not dictated by the outcome of your previous performance,” says Joseph Galasso, PsyD, a sports psychologist and the CEO of Baker Street Behavioral Health and COR Behavioral Group in Paramus, New Jersey. You need to be able to move on quickly from a loss, so that you go into the next game ready to win. Outside of sports, that looks like acknowledging a mistake quickly — maybe you said something hurtful in an argument with your partner, or you missed a deadline at work — correcting it if necessary, and not letting it shake your confidence the next time you’re in a similar situation.