Jay P. Granat, Ph.D., is a Psychotherapist, Hypnotherapist and a Licensed Marriage and Family Counselor. The founder of www.StayInTheZone.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, clinics, camps and to some of America’s largest corporations.

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 CBC, Sporting News, ESPN, The Newark Star Ledger, ESPN, Tennis Magazine, Tennis View Magazine, Iowa Golfer, Executive Golfer, New York Family Sports and The Bergen Record. Golf Digest named him one of America’s top ten mental gurus.

Jay Granat, earned his Masters and Ph.D. in Counseling from The University of Michigan. He is the author of 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.

Granat is particularly interested in the role that family relationships play in stress and in one’s ability to perform their best when under pressure. He 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.