What is Mental Skills Coaching?

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Mental skills coaching is a strategic and evidence-based method of helping performers in all fields (sports, performing arts, academics, military, business, healthcare, etc.) perform more optimally and consistently. Mental skills coaches work collaboratively with performers to pinpoint areas of strength and areas needing improvement.

 

Together, coach and performer develop a plan to deliberately practice and enhance key mental skills. A performer may want to address any number of skills, such as confidence, goal-setting, energy management, visualization, positive perspectives, pre-performance routines, work-life balance and more. They may also want support navigating a variety of career and personal transitions.

 

My Approach

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My approach is positive, strength-based, collaborative and holistic. I understand that one's performance career and wider life affect one another. I focus on personal growth, opportunity and resilience in alignment with my clients' values, sense of meaning and longer-term goals. 

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Experience
 

I have worked with artists and athletes at all ages and stages, including professional and pre-professional dancers and musicians, and athletes competing at the international and national levels. After my own dance career, I worked at the Dancer Transition Resource Centre for several years and I was a steering committee member of their annual on the MOVE and keep on MOVING career planning conferences for emerging dance artists. In 2022, under funding by the Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund, I coached professional dancers experiencing career and personal challenges in the wake of the pandemic. 

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Please reach out if you'd like to learn more. 

Fees

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Free -- Initial 15 minute phone consultation   

$120/ hour consultation.

Online and in-person sessions are available.

Sliding scale fees available for artists and those in financial need.