Performance Psychology

What is it?

Performance Psychology is about helping you perform at your best when it counts. It focuses on building mental strength, resilience, and strategies to thrive under pressure — whether in sport, exams, public speaking, or any high-stakes setting. Tangible and results-driven, Performance Psychology is less about exploring the past, and more about equipping you with skills you can apply immediately in whatever situation you are seeking support for. 

Who is it for?

The service is suitable for both children and adults, and for parents wanting to learn how to support their children to excel. 

 

Who can benefit: 

• Athletes at all levels seeking to sharpen focus, confidence, and competitive mindset

• Students preparing for exams, interviews, or academic competitions

• Professionals facing public speaking, presentations, leadership pressure, or decision-making stress

• Performers in drama, dance, or music learning to manage stage fright or competition anxiety 

• Adults & Children managing stress and nerves in any high-pressure context
   

Our goal with Performance Psychology at The LightHouse Arabia is to turn challenges into growth opportunities - helping you to not only cope - but to excel. 

​​​​​​​Example Challenges we work with: 

• “I freeze before exams and can’t recall what I studied.”

• “I lose confidence after one mistake in competition.”

• “I’m great in practice but can’t perform on race day.”

• “My child gets so nervous before matches that they want to quit.”

• “I dread public speaking and avoid opportunities that could advance my career.”

What to Expect: The Process

When you work with a performance psychologist at The LightHouse Arabia, you can expect a structured, collaborative process:

1. Assessment & Discovery: We start by understanding you, your performance context, and the challenges you face (e.g.,competition anxiety, loss of confidence, burnout). ​​​​​​​

2. Goal Setting: Together, we define clear, measurable objectives.

3. Tailored Intervention: Your psychologist designs a plan that may include mental skills training (visualisation, focus drills), habit building, stress-regulation techniques, and performance routines. The intervention will be grounded in performance science. 

4. Practice & Integration: You will apply these tools between sessions, often supported by worksheets, and/or reflection exercises - before, during and after the performance-based events that you are working towards excelling in. 

5. Measurement & Review: Progress is reviewed regularly. This is done using self-report measures, performance data, and feedback from you (and coaches/teachers, if relevant).

6. Refinement & Maintenance: Strategies are refined as needed,  so that they become second-nature and part of your long-term approach to performance.

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