Linnda Durré, the Sports Performance Consultant Expert of Choice
Linnda Durré, Ph.D. is a psychotherapist, sports performance coach and consultant, corporate trainer, international speaker, writer, published author, magazine and newspaper columnist, TV and radio talk show host, and media guest.
She has worked with the Orlando Magic, pros in the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, PGA, tennis, and athletes vying for and in the Olympics, and in soccer, lacrosse, field hockey and swimming; as well as with their parents, families, spouses, and children.
Learn more about her personal journey and life history below.
INTRODUCTION
Linnda Durré, Ph.D. is a psychotherapist and sports performance coach and consultant, corporate trainer, international speaker, writer, published author, magazine and newspaper columnist, TV and radio talk show host, and media guest. She has worked with the Orlando Magic, pros in the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, PGA, tennis, and athletes vying for and in the Olympics, & in soccer, lacrosse, field hockey and swimming; as well as with their parents, families, spouses, and children. She has had interviews with the NY Giants, Detroit Tigers, Tennessee Titans, and the Brooklyn Nets, when they were the New Jersey Nets. Her B.A. is in Human Development from Pacific Oaks College in Pasadena, and her M.A. and her Ph.D. in Psychology from CSPP, California School of Professional Psychology in San Diego, now known as Alliant International University
EARLY LIFE
Her own sports participation was encouraged by her father, who spent hours training & teaching her how to play sports. He was scouted by the NY Giants baseball team when they still played at the Polo Grounds in New York before they moved to San Francisco.
“If he had pursued it, he would have had his own plaque at Cooperstown - Baseball’s Hall of Fame - he was that good. He had won track medals in high school and was a short stop on his baseball team - quick, fast, and wiry,” she stated proudly.
In high school, she was president of Girls Athletic Association (G.A.A.) for two years, and even though she is only 5’2”, she earned five G.A.A. Awards in:
• Basketball • Volleyball • Track and Field • Acrobatics • Softball
She was also cheerleading captain of the junior varsity squad as a sophomore, and captain of the varsity squad as a junior and as a senior, as well as being voted Homecoming Queen. Dr. Durre' was one of two delegates from Metuchen High School, New Jersey to Girls State at Rutgers University during the summer before her senior year.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Dr. Durré consults and speaks to agencies, businesses, corporations, clubs, non-profit organizations, professional and trade associations, and government agencies on: sports performance, customer service training, time/stress management, conflict resolution, communication skills, team building, personality disputes, job satisfaction, diversity training, sex discrimination & harassment & other many topics. She has done crisis intervention training (CIT) for various police departments, including the Orlando Police Department, the Orange County (Florida) Sheriff’s Department, as well as a graduate school internship with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. She was an intern at and then hired as a full time drug counselor for NDRC – the Naval Drug Rehab Center at NAS Miramar, where they shot “Top Gun.”
She hosted and co-produced two live call-in TV shows: she was selected from 200 applicants in a national search to host, “Ask the Family Therapist,” on America’s Health Network (AHN), a national cable TV associated with Mayo Clinic, and was selected and vetted by both ANH and the Mayo Clinic. It aired from Universal Studios Orlando; and “Personal Success Hotline with Dr. Durre',” on a PBS affiliate. Dr. Durre' was “the weekly shrink” on CW’s nationally syndicated morning show, “The Daily Buzz”
for nine (9) months. She hosted and produced, “The Linnda Durré Show,” on WEUS 810 AM Radio, daily on weekdays from 12-1 PM, streaming live on audio at
www.810weus.com.. On Orlando’s WDBO radio, she hosted and co-produced, “The Dr. Linnda Durré Show.” She hosted and produced, “Let’s Talk with Dr. Linnda Durré,” in New York on an NPR station.
Dr. Durre' has been interviewed on Oprah, 60 Minutes, Canada AM, The Today Show, Good Morning America, O’Reilly (twice), AM LA, Daytime, Wharton's SiriusXM radio program and Wharton's newsletter; The Home and Family Show, Disney Channel, The Home Show, The Jerry Doyle Show, Ernie Reinhart’s Radio Show from Canada; Butler on Business, and on the local and/or national news programs on CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, CNN, NPR, CW & PBS.
Her second book, Surviving the Toxic Workplace (McGraw Hill), can be purchased online on Amazon, MH, Barnes & Noble, and as an eBook as well. The book's website is: www.SurvivingTheToxicWorkplace.com Her first book,
Great Relationships(TM) Manual: A Guide to Share Yourself with Your Partner
is on-line at Amazon and is presently being edited and reissued. She is currently writing three more books as well.
She was admitted to the Writers Guild of America (WGA) when Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas of Spelling-Thomas Productions, bought her TV series through her then agent, the legendary Irving Salkow, who handled Ava Gardner, William Holden, and Marilyn Monroe.
Dr. Durre' has been a columnist for Forbes, Management Issues, Orlando Leisure Magazine, eBossWatch, In Focus Magazine, Yahoo, AOL, Holistic Health News, The Latest, A & U Magazine, and Recharger Magazine. Her column, “The Doctor Is In,” for American Cities Business Journals & Orlando Business Journal can be found online at:
ttps://www.bizjournals.com/search?q=linnda+durre&s=1&pl=3
She taught aerobics classes years ago, and is a sports coach and consultant to elementary, high school, college, amateur, semi-pro and professional athletes, concerning peak performance, getting out of slumps, negative messages, mental & emotional fitness & toughness, and dealing with fame.
She has been interviewed by:
· Sports Line
· ESPN Radio (four times)
· Ask the Sports Medicine Doctor
· The Mike Bianchi Show – "Open Mike" on Clear Channel Radio, Orlando
As the host and producer of "The Linnda Durré Radio Show", she interviewed sports figures including:
· Earl "The Pearl" Monroe, NY Knicks, NBA Hall of Famer
· Arnold Palmer, Golfing Legend
· Jay Gruden - Offensive Coordinator Jacksonville Jaguars
Former Head Coach, Washington Redskins
· Ed Comeau - Head Coach of Georgia Swarm, NLL
Former Coach of Orlando Predators
And for this website, she has interviewed:
Former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley, who played for the NY Knicks for 12 years with two NBA Championship rings, 1970 & 1973
VOLUNTEER WORK
Her past and/or present volunteer work includes: Board of Directors for the charity, Children Mending Hearts, founded by award winning filmmakers Lysa & Grant Heslov (Grant is George Clooney’s writing, producing and directing partner; they won a Best Picture Oscar for “Argo”); The Bridge Foundation, Cocaine Hotline, Harbor House-The Center Against Domestic Violence, Advisory Board for Winter Park Tech (OCPS), The Golden Rule Foundation, NJ State Diagnostic Center, coordinator of San Diego’s Women’s Counseling Referral Service, Strong on Self-Defense, Women’s Business Exchange; Mentor Programs at five high schools; and local coordinator for Bill Moyers’ PBS series, “Healing & the Mind,” as well as hosting PBS Pledge Drives.
MEMBERSHIPS
Her past and/or present listings and memberships include: Mensa, American Psychological Association, National Board of Certified Counselors, American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, CFAMFT, MHCCF, Who’s Who in the West, Who’s Who in La Jolla & the World’s Who’s Who.