Professional Affiliations:

Mental Performance Consultant & Professional Member, Canadian Sport Psychology Association (CSPA); Professional Member, Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP)

Biography: 

Dr. Jacqueline Rano works as a Mental Performance Consultant both in Hamilton, ON and Winnipeg, MB. Jacqueline’s background and training is unique. She was born and raised in Winnipeg, where she swam and coached for Manta Swim Club and completed her Psychology degree at the University of Manitoba. She completed her Master of Science degree in Sport Psychology at Lund University in Sweden in 2015. During this time, she also completed a Sport Psychology internship at the Canadian Sport Centre and was supervised by Dr. Adrienne Leslie-Toogood working with the U of M Bisons Golf and Hockey teams. Jacqueline then went on to pursue medicine and completed medical school in 2020.

Jacqueline currently lives in Hamilton and is an Emergency Medicine resident physician at McMaster University. Jacqueline hopes to pursue a fellowship in Sports Medicine and bring together the mental and physical components of athletic performance. In the meantime, Jacqueline remains active in her consulting work and continues to expand her training in mental performance. She is passionate about working with athletes of all ages to set and achieve their goals, placing special emphasis on maintaining focus, resilience training, and the use of visualization and imagery through a Mindfulness based approach.

Additional Training:

Formal training in Biofeedback, Psychophysiology, and Mindfulness.

Language(s): 

English