Take control of your game!
EMDR therapy can help athletes unlock their peak performance and overcome mental blocks and performance anxiety.
Even the most skilled athletes can experience sudden, unexplained performance struggles. If you’ve found yourself trapped in a slump or battling the yips, you’re not alone. Mental, emotional, and physical barriers can hold you back, but with the right approach, you can reclaim your confidence and perform at your best.
I specialize in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Therapy, a proven method for helping athletes overcome psychological barriers and rediscover their peak performance.
What are the yips and slumps?
Every sport has its version of the Yips/Slumps/Twisties/Etc., and here are a few examples:
Hockey – A player who inexplicably struggles to handle the puck or shoot accurately.
Baseball – A pitcher who suddenly can’t find the strike zone or a hitter who can’t make contact with the ball.
Gymnastics – A gymnast who suddenly fears performing a once-mastered routine.
Soccer – A goalie that tore their ACL, has made a full recovery, but still plays as if they are injured.
These challenges are not just physical – they are deeply rooted in the mind, body, and nervous system. Anxiety, past failures, injuries, or trauma can disrupt performance, creating a cycle of self-doubt and frustration, resulting in LOSS MOVE SYNDROME (LMS).
You are not broken.
You are suffering from LMS (Loss Movement Syndrome). LMS occurs when an athlete suddenly loses awareness of their body, experiences involuntary movements, and experiences negative emotional responses. This performance block has psychological and physiological roots often undetectable by coaches, fellow athletes, parents, or the athletes themselves. But there is hope.
Here’s how EMDR can help athletes.
Using bilateral stimulation and guided processing, EMDR helps athletes reprocess distressing experiences, injuries, mental roadblocks, and loss of movement syndrome, allowing for:
- Reduced Performance Anxiety – Let go of fear and hesitation.
- Enhanced Focus & Confidence – Regain mental clarity and trust your abilities.
- Freedom from Mental Blocks – Overcome limiting beliefs and past failures.
- Optimize Your Physical & Psychological Health – Gain insight into the brain-body connection.
Who can benefit?
Performers struggling with mental blocks and anxiety can shift their mindset and learn strategies to break through their fears.
Athletes (professional and amature) facing sudden and unexplained performance drops can overcome what is holding them back and perform better than ever.
Coaches seeking evidence-based techniques for their players struggling on the field/court/rink/etc. can find practical help to alleviate symptoms fast.
Parents can find answers to why their child is suddenly struggling in the sport they’ve loved their entire lives.
Active individuals recovering from an injury in which the body has healed but the mind prevents them from overcoming the injury can confidently move forward having faced their fear.
Injured competitors who have made a full physical recovery but struggle to overcome the mental trauma associated with the injury can overcome that block and get back to the sport they love.
You can get back in the game!
Your mental game is just as important as your physical skills. Schedule a free consultation today and take the first step toward peak performance.
The breakthrough you want and need starts today. Let’s train your mind for success.