Sports Therapy

“Whether you are a Golfer, Snooker Player, Footballer, Boxer, Rugby Player, Tennis Player, Runner, Athlete or Martial Artist and whether you are professional, amateur or use your particular sport just as a hobby or for fitness only, you can benefit from adding the mental game to your preparation”

Ruth Watson Sports Therapy Specialist

As any sport psychologist will tell you, it is critical to sporting success to get the mindset of an athlete or sports player firmly into shape in preparation for challenges which lie ahead such as winning an important game, achieving your best at an Olympic event or competing in a cup final tennis match or golf tournament.

I am able to help you make the most of your natural abilities, maximize training  and rise above the most demanding tests thrown at you, to provide you with a whole range of psychological skills such as how to cope under immense pressure through focusing and using relaxation techniques, how to achieve peak performance by setting realistic goals and how to strengthen self confidence through self belief.

"I am the toughest golfer mentally."    Tiger Woods

Sport Therapy is now firmly established in the training regimes of many elite athletes and top professionals.

Improve Your Golf with Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy Techniques

The greatest of champions and athletes also tend to be the ones who have learned to think successfully, they have mastered the psychology of their individual sport. Allow me, Ruth Watson to get you into ‘the zone’ probably the most effective form of natural performance enhancement known to men and women.

Ruth utilises a potent combination of hypnosis, positive suggestion, mindfulness and visualisation to enable you to focus and provide mental skills training and conditioning for peak performance.
Whatever your sport, Hypnotherapy Mindfulness and Psychotherapy can help you in the following areas:

  • Psychological preparation
  • The ultimate self-confidence
  • Strength from mental toughness
  • Balance arousal and energy
  • Motivation
  • Limiting beliefs and values
  • Correct goal-setting
  • Visualisation
  • Positive self-talk
  • Correctly use relaxation
  • Concentration
  • The ability to control emotions
  • Elimination of stress and anxiety
  • Team cohesion & dynamics
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All these areas can aid individuals and teams to achieve peak performance in their sport and on many occasions their personal lives too!

With every individual being unique, a therapeutic approach that is tailored to your own strengths, requirements and personality is on offer.

"The mind is your greatest weapon. It's the greatest club in your bag. It's also your Achilles' heel" Steve Elkington