Tonya Johnston, MA, maintains a sport psychology practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. She works with professional and amateur athletes from a variety of sports including equestrian, volleyball, figure skating, baseball, golf, cycling, bowling, swimming, rodeo, basketball, rowing, and tennis.

Tonya specializes in equestrian disciplines such as hunter/jumper, three-day eventing, and dressage. Clients in the range from youngsters just starting out, to professionals in the grand prix. She conducts sport psychology clinics and consults with individual clients throughout the US who have attained competitive success at every level. She was a recent presenter at the U.S. Dressage Federation and the U.S. Eventing Association national conventions.

Tonya’s passion for sport psychology developed through a lifetime of riding and competing. She was always intrigued by the behind-the-scenes preparation and psychological skills that helped people succeed. Tonya has many championships, wins and year-end awards in the jumper and equitation divisions to her credit. She has also been very successful in the amateur medals in California, and feels that competitive involvement in the sport helps her to better serve her equestrian clients. Currently Tonya rides with Ned and Hope Glynn at Sonoma Valley Stables in Petaluma, California.

Tonya teaches in the Sport Psychology Master’s program at John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, CA. Current courses include Performance Enhancement A & B and the Psychology of Injury. For 12 years she was Director of JFKU’s Challenge Camp, a unique internship placement for sport psychology master’s students in which optimal performance techniques are taught to incarcerated youth as life skills. She received her BA in Psychology from UC Santa Cruz, and her Master’s in Sport Psychology from John F. Kennedy University.