Typically, sessions are 60 minutes for adults, and 30 or 45 minutes for young people. However, we can plan session length according to your preferences and what we are working on together.

Because I tailor everything to you as an individual, there is no set time frame. In our free 20 minute intro call, we’ll talk through what you’d like to get out of working together, and I can give you an honest idea of how many sessions will best support your goals. Some people find just a few sessions have a really positive impact on a targeted area. Other people choose to work with me on a longer-term basis to support them across the twists and turns of sport, performance, or life.

Meeting either weekly or fortnightly at the start is usually best to build momentum in talking through challenges and start testing some approaches and strategies. I want you to feel supported in trialling approaches we’ve planned, whilst still giving you time to action and reflect on them between our sessions. As time goes on, we can be much more flexible. For medium and longer-term support, it’s common that we slot sessions around your timetable, season, and/or upcoming major competitions or events.

I offer sessions from Mondays to Thursdays, across both daytime and evening slots.

I can work anywhere with you online via Zoom. If you prefer to meet in person. I offer face-to-face sessions in Reigate, Surrey. We can grab a table in a local coffee shop, or do a “walk-and-talk” session around the quiet trails of Priory Park in the centre of Reigate. If you live locally, I can also potentially meet you at your sports club or training venue.

Absolutely. Around 70% of my work is now online, and I genuinely find it a very effective way of working together. Most people feed back to me that they like the comfort of talking from their home surroundings, and the ease of clicking onto our call rather than travelling. I will always make calls from a quiet, private space; usually my home office.

Ordinarily, I don’t share who I work with, or any content from our sessions, without your explicit permission. All my sessions are run in accordance with the British Psychological Society Practice Guidelines, meaning your privacy is deeply protected. In accordance with these guidelines, in very rare cases, if I am seriously concerned about your safety, the safety of someone else, or public safety, I may need to share information. If this ever happens, it is always done with your best support in mind, and I will always aim to talk it through with you first wherever possible. When I work with young people under 16-years, the same confidentiality applies. With the young person’s permission, I do keep parents or carers updated on our general progress and any strategies we are working on together. The only safeguarding exception is if a young person tells me something that means they or someone else is at risk of harm, and I am then ethically required to involve a trusted adult or professional to keep them safe.

Individual sessions are available on a pay-as-you-go basis. My standard hourly rate is £140 (pro-rata at £105 for 45 minutes, and £70 for 30 minutes). If you are looking for ongoing support, I also offer flexible, discounted blocks of 3 hours (£375) or 6 hours (£715). You can split these hours up into 30, 45, or 60-minute sessions to suit your timetable and goals.

Yes. I offer a free 20 minute intro call, to help you decide if it feels like a good fit to work together. You don’t need to prepare anything for this. I will ask you a few questions to understand your background, goals, and what you hope to gain from our sessions. It’s also a great opportunity for you to ask me anything you’d like know about working together. We can set up our first session from there, if you’d like to.

Because we’ll have had our 20-minute intro call, you’ll already know what it’s like to talk with me. Our first session is then a deeper dive into what you’d like to work towards, and what’s currently helping and hindering progress, so we can map out a clear plan of working together. I’ll be curious to know more about the what, when, why, and impact of your experiences. So, imagine you’ve told me that you want to manage nerves better. We’ll explore: What do your thoughts and body feel like when your nervous? When do nerves show up, and for how long? Why might your nerves be appearing – Are they specific to your sport or performance? Do they coincide with life changes and challenges? How do these nerves impact your actions or performance? We’ll also consider the opposite: What are you aiming for, and/or what does a great performance look and feel like to you? – with or without the nerves. This exploration phase is vital, since we’re tailoring our sessions to you (otherwise, you could simply pick up a generic psychology textbook). By understanding your unique story, we can then set personalised goals for our sessions, and I can suggest to you relevant approaches and techniques we can explore and adapt to you across future sessions. After each session, I’ll send you a short summary and any helpful resources that will help you to digest and reflect, and in time, practise mindset skills.

Yes. If we both feel there is value in me accompanying you to a training session or competition to observe or support you in real-time, we can talk through the logistics of this. Alternatively, some people I work with choose to share training or competition video footage with me. Watching and breaking down clips together is a great way to highlight ‘helpers’ versus ‘hindrances’ affecting your mindset, emotions, and performance, that we can then use to enhance our work together.

I’ve worked across more than 60 different sports, so it’s likely I’ll be familiar with the demands of yours. That said, I’m always curious to learn about new ones! To date, I’ve supported sportspeople in: Archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, biathlon, boccia, body building, bowling, boxing, bouldering, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, cheerleading, climbing, cricket, cycling, dance, darts, diving, dog agility, duathlon, equestrian, fencing, figure skating, football, futsal, golf, go-karting, gymnastics, hockey, ice hockey, judo, karate, kickboxing, lacrosse, modern pentathlon, motocross, netball, powerlifting, pickleball, roller derby, rowing, rugby, running, sailing, shooting, skiing, skydiving, snooker, squash, strongman, swimming, table tennis, team gym, tennis, trampolining, triathlon, ultra-racing, volleyball, wakeboarding, wrestling.

While all these professions care about your mind, we are trained with different specialties. A Counsellor gives you space to talk through and process emotions, to handle general life struggles and everyday stress. A Clinical Psychologist focuses on mental health conditions, diagnosing and treating deeper psychological issues like clinical anxiety, depression, eating disorders, substance abuse, self-harm, or trauma. As a Sport Psychologist, my lane is psychology for sport, performance, and wellbeing. Because I work holistically, elements of counselling naturally come into my work, because you cannot separate the person from the performer. Equally, our sessions will actively focus on developing practical mental skills to help you hit your goals. In short: A counsellor helps you process life, a clinical psychologist treats mental illness, and I help you look after your mind and wellbeing so you can perform at your absolute best.

Because my practice focuses on sport, performance, and wellbeing, I unfortunately cannot offer emergency mental health crisis support.

If you are struggling right now, feel unsafe, or need urgent help, you can reach out to one of these free, confidential UK services immediately:

• Call NHS 111: Dial 111 (and choose the mental health option) to speak with a professional who can connect you to your local crisis team.
• Go to A&E or Call 999: If you or someone else is in immediate danger, please go straight to your nearest hospital or call for emergency services.
• Text Shout: Text the word SHOUT to 85258 for 24/7 crisis support over text.
• Call the Samaritans: Call 116 123 anytime, day or night, to talk to someone who will listen without judgement.
• Contact your GP: Reach out to your doctor’s surgery or any other healthcare professionals involved in your regular care.