Mark Hiatt, Ph.D., CMPC, serves at Dartmouth’s Sport and Counseling Psychology Director and a core member of the Dartmouth Peak Performance (DP2) team. In two decades supporting the Big Green, Dr. Hiatt has and continues to have an incredibly positive impact on the mental health, well-being, and competitive performance of countless student-athletes and teams.
Under his leadership, the DP2 Sport & Counseling Psychology program provides comprehensive psychological services for student athletes to promote mental health, wellness, and performance excellence. The program is part of a collaborative, interdisciplinary relationship between DP2 and the Dartmouth College Counseling Center with a mission to provide high quality, inclusive, and culturally sensitive care to student-athletes.
In addition to team consultations, Dr. Mark Hiatt provides confidential, individual counseling and performance consultations focusing on whatever performance, wellness, or mental health topics are most relevant to the student-athletes. Examples of common topics addressed include:
- Performance: Confidence and composure, imagery, mindfulness, performance routines, goal setting, energy management and relaxation
- Wellness: Stress management, relationship building, motivation and burnout, coping with injuries, and transitions in and out of sport
- Mental Health: Anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and eating disorders
Dr. Hiatt has been on the staff of Health Services since 2003. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Virginia in 2001 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Dartmouth Medical School, Department of Psychiatry in 2002.
To make an individual DP2 appointment, please call Dartmouth College Counseling Center at 603.646.9442. Dr. Hiatt's office is located at the Dartmouth College Counseling Center on the 2nd floor of Dick Hall's House, 7 Rope Ferry Road, Hanover, NH 03755.