Sport

Amanda Owens at Believe Consulting focuses on establishing and meeting the needs of the client whether it is an individual athlete or team. All of the sport psychology techniques/strategies are based on Humanistic & Gestalt principles, this allows a better understanding of the individual nature and experiences of the athlete. This approach enables getting the bigger picture of the athlete’s situation and is very client centred.

Amanda Owens has 10 years experience working in sports and business developing individualised and specialised sport psychology/psychological techniques/strategies and new technologies to improve awareness of the athlete and others (the team) that ultimately improves performance.

At Believe Consulting examples of what we provide are:

• Change management and cultural change (smooth transition of change of coach/playing staff/support staff and board members) aligning vision and mission of player and management.
• Individual and Team Awareness training (understanding individual differences).
• Team Dynamics (creating team spirit)
• Emotional profiling (accessing your optimal performance state)
• Changing habits and behaviour (better lifestyle management).
• Understanding self and others
• Anger management
• Underperformance management (dealing with unexplained dips in performance)
• Mood management and affects upon performance
• Dealing with UUPS (Overtraining syndrome; knowing how to train effectively and understand about individualised holistic rest and recovery programmes).
• Individual and team preparation
• Improving Communication between coach and athlete and within the system/organisation.
• Anxiety and stress management. How to reduce burnout and preventative measures for athlete burnout.
• Psychological support for injury (being mentally as well as well physically fit) and assisting the healing/recovery process.
• Transformational leadership
• Developing Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
• Identifying and reducing Organizational Stress