Dr. Joseph White, Ph.D., joined Northwestern Sport Psychology Services in July of 2024 as the Postdoctoral Fellow in Sport Psychology. Dr. White provides mental health and mental performance services for Northwestern student-athletes and teams, working collaboratively with Sports Medicine and coaching staffs to optimize student-athletes’ well-being.
Prior to becoming a postdoctoral fellow, Dr. White worked at Northwestern CAPS in the Searle Hall office as a doctoral intern during the 2023-24 academic year. In this role, he provided mental health services to undergraduate and graduate student populations including individual therapy, group therapy, triage, and crisis intervention.
Dr. White was a nationally ranked junior tennis player who went on to compete in the Big Ten at the collegiate level for the University of Iowa. After graduating in 2014 with a degree in Biology, Dr. White began an almost decade-long tennis coaching career in Colorado and Tennessee. During his time as both an athlete and a coach, he became interested in pursuing a degree in sport psychology after realizing the invaluable impact focusing on mental health and performance had on his athlete’s success. Dr. White earned his master’s degree in Sport and Performance Psychology from the University of Denver in 2019, and his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Memphis in 2024. He was a 2023 NCAA graduate research grant award winner, and his research was centered on well-being, performance satisfaction, exploitation, and effort-reward imbalance among collegiate student-athletes.
Education:
Prior to becoming a postdoctoral fellow, Dr. White worked at Northwestern CAPS in the Searle Hall office as a doctoral intern during the 2023-24 academic year. In this role, he provided mental health services to undergraduate and graduate student populations including individual therapy, group therapy, triage, and crisis intervention.
Dr. White was a nationally ranked junior tennis player who went on to compete in the Big Ten at the collegiate level for the University of Iowa. After graduating in 2014 with a degree in Biology, Dr. White began an almost decade-long tennis coaching career in Colorado and Tennessee. During his time as both an athlete and a coach, he became interested in pursuing a degree in sport psychology after realizing the invaluable impact focusing on mental health and performance had on his athlete’s success. Dr. White earned his master’s degree in Sport and Performance Psychology from the University of Denver in 2019, and his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Memphis in 2024. He was a 2023 NCAA graduate research grant award winner, and his research was centered on well-being, performance satisfaction, exploitation, and effort-reward imbalance among collegiate student-athletes.
Education:
- University of Memphis – Ph.D. Counseling Psychology
- University of Denver – M.A. Sport and Performance Psychology
- The University of Iowa – B.A. Biology, Minor Psychology