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Performance and Mental Health

To ensure you are receiving the right help, we start by assess your needs, strengths, history, challenges, and areas of growth. From there, we can create specific plans right for you and your journey. We have different options and varied ways to assist you:

a) Performance Development

If you are seeking an extra advantage, performance optimisation is targeted at enhancing:

  • Capacity to thrive in demanding environments

  • Focus

  • Resilience

  • Consistency

  • Clear and connected behaviours and values to aid performance

  • Ability to achieve your short and long-term goals

b) Performance Block

If you are experiencing a drop in performance that either hasn't resolved itself or that is varied in duration, frequency and intensity. Ask yourself these questions.

  • When did this begin?

  • What am I doing to resolve this?

  • Do I understand what is driving this drop in performance? 

  • Psychologically, how is this impacting on me, and how does it relate to my performance?

  • Is there a pattern here? (ie: When I am under stress, be it within sport or external)

c) Mental Health causing Performance Impairments

At PSPC, psychologists are trained in helping clients who are experiencing difficulties in their personal lives. Psychological issues that can affect performance are listed below

Type 1

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Stress

  • Sleep Disorders

  • Chronic Pain

  • Interpersonal Relationships

Type 2

  • Alcohol Abuse

  • Drug Abuse

  • Disordered Eating

  • Risk of Career Termination

d) Termination / Career Transition

This category refers to retired athletes and those considering retirement due to such factors as:

  • Injury

  • Age

  • Finance

  • Other Involuntary factors (e.g. de-selection, contract termination)

Breaking Barriers - Questions to Ask Yourself

1. Do you have trouble getting over your mistakes?
2. Are you experiencing a drop in performance that hasn't resolved itself?
3. Do you often lose to opponents who are weaker than you?
4. Is your training-self better than your competition-self?
5. Is 'choking under pressure' a problem for you?
6. Is there something blocking your path to success?
7. Have you recently had an injury that has affected your self-confidence?
Achieve your peak performance

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