Sports Performance Counselling for Athletes

Train What They Don’t. Your Mind.

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In the competitive world of sports, mental resilience is as crucial as physical ability. Whether you're an elite athlete, a dedicated amateur, or a weekend warrior, mental blocks, performance anxiety, and the psychological aftermath of injuries can hinder your progress.

Burke Counselling provides Sports Performance counselling in Devon, AB, using Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), a rapid and effective treatment to help overcome these struggles.

Individual Counselling

Individual ART Sessions for Ages 13 +. Within 1-5 sessions, shift and resolve sport related challenges and mental blocks that are affecting your performance. Gain a competative advantage in the sport you love and the best part…you don’t have to talk a lot (if you don’t want)!

Team Workshops

Educational sessions for sports teams, covering mental health topics like avoiding burnout, how to help kids manage pressure and failure, substance use, injury, and more. Presentations are tailored to your specific needs, with an overview of how ART benefits and supports athletes, coaches, and parents.

ART is a cutting-edge, evidence-based approach that helps athletes:

  • Overcome performance anxiety and mental blocks

  • Enhance focus and concentration during competition

  • Process and move past sports-related traumas and injuries

  • Build mental resilience and confidence

  • Achieve peak performance states consistently

I work with athletes across a range of sports—hockey players, goalies, gymnasts, powerlifters, volleyball, baseball players, and more—who are talented, committed, and often carrying pressure that most people don’t see.

Whether you're dealing with performance anxiety, recovering from injury, lacking confidence or feeling stuck in your own head, we focus on strengthening the mental side of your game.

Using Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), we reprocess the stress, fear, and self-doubt that interfere with focus and confidence. The result? Athletes who step back into competition feeling calmer, more in control, and able to perform at their full potential.

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The process

Step 1 - Assessment: We talk about your goals and challenges in your sport.

Step 2 - ART Sessions: You attend ART sessions focused on your goals.

Step 3 - Game-Time Confidence: Within 1-5 sessions, you’ll have increased clarity, confidence, focus and improved performance.

Your mental game is everything.

You train your body every day, but the mind is often overlooked. Regulate stress better, move unhelpful patterns, and perform with greater confidence, focus and resilience.