Dr. Natalie Durand-Bush

Natalie Durand-Bush, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the School of Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa. Her areas of expertise include the psychology of sport and well-being. She conducts applied intervention-based studies to understand the self-regulatory processes and skills underlying the development of consistent high-level performance and well-being in different contexts including sport, medicine, the performing arts, and academia. Professor Durand-Bush also investigates counselling processes leading individuals and teams to not only increase the quality of their experiences but also reduce the debilitative effects of stress and burnout. Her 16 years of consulting work with high performance and developmental level athletes and coaches are an asset to her scholarly work and teaching. Professor Durand-Bush is the co-author of the Ottawa Mental Skills Assessment Tool (OMSAT-3*©), an instrument developed to evaluate several requisite mental skills to succeed in sport. She was the Chair for the Canadian Sport Psychology Association and the Vice-President of the International Society of Sport Psychology from 2005-2009.