My mission is to make psychological support accessible to everyone on the recovery journey.

With change there is opportunity.

Time to evolve the recovery journey.

I Support

  • Psychology support is an integral part of recovery. I work with athletes, dancers, performers, and individuals experiencing injury, pain, illness or setbacks to transform their journey. I help individuals to mentally process injury and pain, overcome frustration and setbacks, navigate re-injury anxiety and fear when returning to activity, enhance their positive coping, and restore confidence.

  • I work with physiotherapists and medical staff to help psychologically inform their environments to enhance recovery outcomes for their clients. This encompasses one-to-one support, team workshops and a wide range of psychological tools and workbooks to help support the mental side of rehab for their clients.

  • I work with organisations to evolve and transform their culture. I work to develop impactful psychologically safe and informed environments to flex in times of change, setbacks or adversity. This support encompasses evaluation, workshops and tools which can be utilised daily to move towards creating a psychologically flexible culture.

  • "Working with Carl has helped me to navigate the journey from injury to recovery. He supported me and gave me the tools to feel confident, in control and more self-compassionate"

    ACL Injured Performer

  • “Anyone who has gone through serious injury should work with Carl! His understanding of what we go through mentally is second to none. Helped me return back stronger”.

    Jamie - BJJ Athlete

  • "Carl has helped me help my clients manage the mental side of pain and to find the tools to get through the mental highs and lows of rehab"

    Toby - Lead Physio NHS

  • “What a difference Carl has made to my life in such a short space of time. Thank you for your help and advice.”

    Ben - Academy Football Player

  • “After 10 sessions we are now able to deal with our own thoughts and feelings in a more productive way. We now have the psychological tools to inform next season."

    Keith - Lead Physiotherapist- Australian Sport Governing Body

  • "Carl has helped me reduce the fear and severe anxiety I had about returning back to netball. Thank you so much for your guidance- I could not have done this without you"

    Steph - Super League Netball Player

Multiple Session Package

Six sessions online which are goal directed, solution-focused to enhance psychological flexibility for injury recovery, rehabilitation and performance.

Individual Session Package

One online session which is goal-directed and solution-focused to enhance psychological flexibility for injury recovery, rehabilitation and performance.

Get in touch

carl@theinjurypsychologist.com

Chichester, West Sussex
United Kingdom

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