AVIRY REICH, PhD
Professional Background
Aviry Reich earned both her Master’s and PhD in Counseling/Counselor Education at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Aviry grew up in the sports world and is a former Division I collegiate athlete from The University of Maryland. Aviry’s personal and professional experiences have informed her work in supporting athletes’ holistic health to excel on and off the field. Her professional passion is to help bolster athletes’ and athletic communities wellness and performance.
Aviry is the owner of Limitless Living Counseling & Consulting, PLLC where she works as a Sport counselor and consultant in Greensboro, NC. She has expertise around athletes’ unique stressors in sports such as anxiety, depression, identity exploration, transition out of sport, injury recovery, grief/loss, and sports performance concerns.
Aviry provides coaching, consulting, and trainings to athletes and sport organizations and teams to educate on how to support their athletes’ mental health, well-being, performance, and enhance sport culture.
Athletic Background
My dream growing up was to swim at a Division I college, where I could compete at the highest and most competitive level in my sport. After 10 plus years of intense training, early morning practices, and sacrifices I achieved that dream when I became a proud “Terp” at The University of Maryland. I achieved a great deal of success as an athlete, despite ongoing shoulder pain and shoulder injury that required surgery.
Being an athlete was one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences of my life. I constantly pushed myself to my physical and mental limits that in many ways made me a better person, professional, and athlete. However, my career ending shoulder injury in college led to a surprisingly difficult transition out of sports physically, mentally, and emotionally. This illuminated how essential mental and emotional fitness is for athletes, and how it should be prioritized equally to their physical fitness.
My goal is to integrate the training experiences I’ve had as an athlete and professional to educate, advocate, and empower athletes and those in athletic communities on the importance of mental health in sports. I work to be a change agent who helps foster a culture in sports where people value mental health and see the impact it has on athletes’ achieving peak performance on and off the field.