Sports Performance
Athletes have to deal with everyday stresses and those specific to the pressures of training, selection, performance, injury, career transition, and retirement; therefore, a positive mindset and resilient confidence are essential, as they can mean the difference between success and defeat.
Over the last 18 years, I have been lucky to work with junior (from age 16) and senior athletes from a wide range of sports, including horse riding, rugby, football, tennis, endurance running, gymnastics, martial arts, Cross-Fit, golf, and ballet. While the physical demands of different sports vary, the psychological needs are very similar. They can be helped with specific mental skills training in relaxation, self-talk, pre-match, pre-competition nerves, parking mistakes, avoidance of “choking,” lack of focus and motivation, anxiety, depression, and stress management.
I have MSc in Psychology and MSc in Sport & Exercise Psychology. While studying, I was allowed to deliver sports psychology support and workshops to the Bristol Bears Academy (under the supervision of their own Sports Psychologist), as well as to players and support staff at Bristol Bears Women.
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: I use a very effective combination of psychology, psychotherapy, CBT, NLP techniques, and guided visualization (hypnotherapy) to help you overcome anxiety and boost your self-esteem and confidence to cope better with the specific challenges you may be experiencing. I also teach specific mental skills training to help you with positive self-talk, dealing with mistakes, choking, lack of focus and motivation, burnout, etc., as well as anxiety, depression, and stress management.
Sessions are tailor-made for you. Together we will focus on the changes you’d like to make by helping you think about yourself, your life, and your sport more positively. My role is to support you in learning new mental skills so that you use them to successfully take the steps forward, create the changes you want and reach your best.