Dr. Jay Granat
Ph.D., M.A., B.A.
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Dr. Jay Granat Quick Facts
Jay P. Granat, Ph.D., is a Psychotherapist, Hypnotherapist and a Licensed Marriage and
Family Counselor. The founder of www.StayI TheZone.com, Dr. Granat has coached
athletes and their families from virtually every sport from around the world. He has
worked with an Olympic Gold Medalist, professional golfers, tennis pros and elite young
athletes from many sports and has lectured to many teams, sports organization, clinics,
camps and to some of America’s largest corporations.
Golf Digest Magazine named him one of America’s top ten mental gurus.
A former university professor, he writes a weekly column for four newspapers and has
appeared in The New York Times, Good Morning America, The BBC, The Wall Street
Jou al, WCBS- TV, The CBC, Sporting News, ESPN, The Newark Star Ledger,
ESPN, Tennis Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Tennis View Magazine, Iowa Golfer,
Executive Golfer, New York Family Sports, The Newark Star Ledger and The Bergen
Record.
Jay Granat, earned his Masters and Ph.D. in Counseling from The University of
Michigan. He is the author of many books, articles and self-help programs including
How To Get In The Zone And Stay In The Zone With Sport Psychology And Self-
Hypnosis, How To Lower Your Golf Score With Sport Psychology And Self-Hypnosis,
How To Conquer Test Anxiety and How To Bowl In The Zone With Sport Psychology
And Self-Hypnosis and How To Break A Hitting Slump With Sport Psychology and
Self-Hypnosis, 21 Creative Ways To Conquer Stress and 18 Ways To Relax With Self-
Hypnosis, Meditation And Visualization How To Get Into The Zone In Just One Minute
and Zone Tennis.
Dr. Granat recently coauthored another book Who Will Win The Big Game?
50 Characteristics Of Championship Players, Teams and Coaches.
Dr. Granat is past Vice President of The New York Society For
Ericksonian Psychotherapy And Hypnosis a member of The American Psychological
Association and The American Counseling Association.
He has presented at the Annual Meeting Of The American Psychological
Association and at the Sports Counseling Conference at Springfield College.
Dr. Granat is available for seminars and for consultations with athletes, parents,
coaches, athletic directors, agents and team owners.
He can be reached at 888 580-ZONE or at info@stayinthezone.com.
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