Sports Psychotherapy

Supporting performance by understanding the person behind the athlete

Sports psychotherapy focuses on the psychological and emotional factors that can affect sporting performance, motivation, confidence, consistency, and wellbeing.

Athletes and performers often experience pressures that extend far beyond the pitch, training ground, or competition environment. Difficulties with confidence, anxiety, identity, injury, performance pressure, or motivation can all impact both performance and overall wellbeing.

The work aims to understand the individual behind the performance, recognising that emotional wellbeing and sporting performance are closely connected.

Happier players often make better players

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Beyond Performance Psychology

Rather than focusing only on surface-level performance techniques, sports psychotherapy explores the deeper emotional and psychological experiences that may affect an athlete’s ability to perform consistently and confidently.

This may involve exploring personality dynamics, emotional patterns, relationships, identity, and the pressures associated with elite or competitive environments.

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The aim is not simply to improve performance, but to support healthier and more sustainable functioning both within and beyond sport.

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Areas Often Explored

  • Performance anxiety

  • Confidence and self-belief

  • Loss of motivation

  • Injury and recovery

  • Pressure and expectations

  • Identity outside of sport

  • Burnout and emotional fatigue

  • Team dynamics and relationships

  • Fear of failure

  • Consistency and mindset

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Who this service is for?

Professional Athletes

Semi - Professional Athletes

Footballers

Coaches and staff

Young athletes in development pathways

Performers under pressure

Your Questions, Answered

  • No. Support can benefit individuals at many levels of sport and performance environments.

  • Sports psychotherapy focuses on the emotional and psychological aspects affecting performance and wellbeing, rather than technical coaching or tactical development.

  • Yes. These are common areas explored within the work, alongside the deeper emotional factors that may contribute to them.

  • Yes. Periods of poor performance can often involve emotional, psychological, relational, or confidence-related factors that may benefit from deeper exploration.


  • No. Support may benefit individuals across a range of sports, competitive environments, and performance-based professions.

  • These experiences are often closely connected. Sessions provide space to think about both the performance-related symptoms and the wider emotional context around them.

  • Yes. Sessions are confidential.

  • Yes. Injury can affect identity, confidence, motivation, routine, and emotional wellbeing, particularly within highly competitive environments.

  • Yes. Younger athletes navigating academy systems, competitive pressure, identity development, or transitions may benefit from therapeutic support.

Hear from my client

“I was in therapy with David for about 2 years. Throughout, David provided ample space for me to explore my thoughts and feelings, while also providing gentle guidance and focus. Overall, it was a period of deep reflection and personal development. I am happy that I invested the time and energy, and that I had David to guide me through.”
— Verified Client