Nothing against goals here as having well defined, progressive goals can help to motivate us, give us structure, routine and ultimately achieve. Unfortunately, emotional difficulties may occur when we are over-focused on these goals without giving adequate time to make sure we are measuring up to our values. Goals Let’s start with the difference between … More The Values of working with Values
This is a short blog post to identify three concepts that we can all train to help with negative thinking. The concepts in question are: I will explain each concept in a little more detail Openness This is referring to the ability to be open to the unwanted internal experiences such as negative thoughts and … More Dealing with Negative Thinking
How can Sports Performance Psychology help the amateur athlete? In any competitive sport mental preparation can be viewed as every bit as important as being physically fit. Sport & Exercise Psychologists typically work with athletes on difficulties like reducing performance anxiety and dealing with the unexpected, unwanted rehabilitation time due to an injury It is important to note that these … More Sport Psychology for the amateur athlete
I often receive a question based around whether Sport Psychology is applicable to their sport. My short answer is “yes”. Whenever there is competition involved or room for self-evaluation then the benefit of Sport Psychology can be extremely rewarding. Thinking errors can get in the way of fluency in all sports however seem to be … More “Just think positively!”
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