Our Founder
Erin Haugen, PhD, LP, CMPC, is a licensed clinical psychologist (North Dakota #402 & Minnesota #LP6555) and sport psychologist in Grand Forks, ND. She is passionate about psychological aspects of performance, mental health in high-performing industries, interprofessional practice, ethical decision-making, and workplace well-being. Her enthusiastic, approachable, and practical style engages those she works with.
Dr. Haugen has a PhD in Clinical Psychology and is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant® (CMPC) through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at River Valley Services/Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown, CT and post-doctoral residency at the University of California, Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, CA.
Dr. Haugen is a nationally sought-after speaker in athletic training and sport psychology. She presents regularly at the annual meetings of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), American Psychological Association (APA), and the invitation-only Big Sky Sport Psychology Conference. She was awarded the prestigious Jack Weakley Award of Distinction in 2023 for her lifetime contributions to athletics, athletic training, and sports medicine. She has also developed several research-backed programs to help collegiate student-athletes deal with sport injury and transition into retirement from sport.
Dr. Haugen has expertise working with elite athletes (collegiate, Olympic, professional) from over 20 different sports and specializes in working with athletic departments, student-athletes, coaches, sports medicine professionals, and staff at the collegiate level. She provides a limited amount of direct individual services (performance & clinical) at Assessment and Therapy Associates of Grand Forks (ATAGF), PLLC, as most of her time is spent working with teams, businesses, and corporations.
Dr. Haugen is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Psychology at the University of North Dakota and a former faculty member (2016-2020) at Altru Family Medicine Residency. She continues to provide mental health and performance psychology training to sports medicine fellows in physical therapy, athletic training students, and licensed mental health professionals working with athletes. She is a former member (2017-2019) and past-president (2018-2019) of the North Dakota State Board of Psychologist Examiners (NDSBPE).
In her spare time, Dr. Haugen is a competitive cyclist and enjoys relaxing with her husband, Dave, who specializes in couples & relationship therapy, and three herding mix rescue dogs: Fromm, Bella, and Wilson.