About Us
At Elevate we don't have a specific slogan that we use to represent the company but rather several themes that can be communicated in a variety of ways. These 'motivations' as we call them are focused around achieving success no matter the circumstances and with as much effective support as necessary.
We are a group of performance psychologists taking a cognitive humanistic perspective in aiming for individual athletes, sport teams and organizations to strive for performance and personal excellence, providing psychological strategies to gain a mental edge. We provide tailored programmes to develop skills and techniques based upon your needs and requirements, were here to help you to reach success.
Eve Allison
Education -BSc Psychology at Birmingham city university
Currently studying a MSc in Sports Psychology at Loughborough university
Sport -Horse riding and Polo
Hobbies - Watching sport, socialising with friends, exploring new places
Georgia Mahoney
Education - Psychology with Criminology (BSc) and currently studying Sport and Exercise Psychology (MSc)
Sports - Netball and Korfball
Hobbies - Gym, Irish Dancing and Cooking
Tina Uhariya
Education - BA Economics and Psychology and currently studying Sport and Exercise Psychology (MSc)
Sports - Skating
Hobbies - Karaoke, Exploring new series to watch
Aaron Grahamslaw
Education - BSc Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, MSc Sport and Exercise Psychology (ongoing)
Sports - Rugby Union and Golf (not very well)
Hobbies - Watching/supporting a variety of sports, DJing and travelling
Jamie Clark
Education - BSc Psychology (University of Liverpool), MSc Sport and Exercise Psychology (ongoing)
Sports - Football and Running
Hobbies - Watching Arsenal win, competing (at anything) and exploring the world.
Lara Drewes
Education - BSc Psychology and currently studying MSc Sport and Exercise Psychology
Sports - Triathlon and Showjumping
Hobbies - The outdoors, bouldering, an avid cook with mixed results
Why we need psychology services for sport, benefits of psychological skills
Psychology services are an important aspect of sport, by developing methods that work best for you we can help you to deal with some of stressors that come with sport performance, whether this is performance anxiety, external pressures, returning from injury, maintaining success, regulating emotions etc. We also put your well-being first aiming to increase self-efficacy and confidence to enable you to be the best you can be whilst thoroughly enjoying the process.
Previous elite Olympic athletes have highlighted to importance of mental training for sport, however this doesn’t just mean psychology services are helpful for elite athletes no matter what level of sports you are, what sport you do, or age you are, you can gain benefits from sports psychology
Services
1 to 1 consultancy tailored for the needs of that individual coach or athlete, group workshops, whether for a team of just the coach and athlete of athlete and parents we can provide workshops to provide the opportunity for knowledge and improvement in essential areas of sport performance, sports club support- psychological support for clubs and organisations providing help and knowledge for all members
Our workshops
Returning from injury
Providing psychological readiness to return to sport
Building resilience
Bounce back ability when things aren’t quite going to plan
Managing stressors
Competition anxiety, identifying particular stressors and presenting effective coping strategies to maintain optimal performance for example pre performance routines
Maintaining focus
Mental and physical relaxation
Building communication
Between coaches, team mates
Coach
Athlete, overall organization