Sport and Performance Psychology

Unlock your potential while enhancing your wellbeing

What is Sport psychology?

Sport psychology is a combination of research-based tools and techniques to help you move towards your goals, improve your performance and live in a healthier way. We add the word” performance” into the title name of this work because the techniques are useful in any aspect of life and work. Improving your capability to perform your best under pressure works both in the Grand Final and the board room presentation, on the training field and in the studio. The way a performance psychologist works looks different for different areas and people. Below are some of the typical ways Mark works with athletes, businessmen and organisations, however please contact us if you have another issue to work out how we can best support you.

How we work together

Levels of work

Working with Mark Simpson Psychology can happen at different levels or a combination of levels to best suit the situation.

Athlete preparing for training using sport psychology

Individual

Work one-to-one on a general mental skills programme or focused assistance to improve performance and wellbeing. Alternatively, follow an online course or webinar.

Group

Work in specific sessions, seminar/webinars or at training. This will improve collective team skills (such as teamwork and communication) and individual mental skills on a wider basis

Organisational

Work with coaches and management to design a high-performance culture, ensure psychological safety, provide an effective motivational climate, improve training effectiveness and create meaningful communication

Issues we work with

Issues

Mark Simpson Psychology addresses a wide range of different issues surrounding health, wellbeing and performance. Athletes, coaches, teams, businesses and organisations can all benefit from working on these before and after issues arise.

Mental Skills

Goal setting
visualisation/imagery
Self-talk
Performance routines
tactical preparation
training optimisation

Mental health

Anxiety
Emotional control
Concentration
Fear/anger
Depression
Motivation

Team and culture

Teamwork
communication
Effective coaching
High-performance culture

What next?

Choose your way of working

Self-guided Learning

See our list of online and in-person courses and seminar/webinars

Tailored Support

Organisational Support