SPORT
PSYCHOLOGY
SERVICES
I offer a range of services for sports teams, athletes, coaches and performance directors. Whether you’re an elite athlete/institution looking to improve psychological skills or a grassroots club looking at ways to increase participation, I’m happy help. These services can be offered as single session/day interventions, or via a flexible retainer basis for ongoing support. Areas of expertise include:
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Leveraging social identity research to help you build strategies for increasing & maintaining participation.
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The COPE approach. Helping athletes identify Competition, Organisational & Personal stressors. Evaluate current beliefs and implement effective coping strategies.
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Helping athletes understand the interaction between thoughts and performance. Cultivating self-awareness and harnessing the power of self-talk.
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Providing a structure for developing process, performance and outcome goals. Helping athletes to develop challenging, yet realistic short, mid and long-term goals.
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Helping athletes understand how imagery practice can enhance performance. Collaborating to develop specific pre-performance imagery scripts.
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Identifying attitudes towards injury and teaching specific rehabilitation strategies.
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For youth athletes who need mental skills training as part of their transition into the senior ranks or retiring athletes who are looking to develop a new identity after the routine, regiment and camaraderie of elite sport.