for ATHLETES
Counselling for Athletes Across BC
GROUNDED SUPPORT FOR ATHLETES NAVIGATING PRESSURE, INJURY, IDENTITY, AND THE EMOTIONAL REALITIES OF PERFORMANCE
From the Back Row to the Therapy Room
Rugby shaped me in profound ways. I played flanker and represented Canada at the U19 and U23 levels. Sport gave me confidence, belonging, grit, purpose, and a deep sense of identity at a young age. It also brought one of the hardest losses of my life — an ACL tear that ultimately ended my competitive career.
In graduate school, I researched how athletes experience shame — not simply as a passing emotion, but as something that can shape identity, relationships, body image, and self-worth when performance begins to feel deeply personal.
That understanding continues to shape how I work with athletes today. I am interested not only in performance itself, but in the emotional realities that often live quietly underneath it: pressure, self-criticism, injury, fear of failure, burnout, belonging, and the complicated relationship many athletes develop with achievement and worth.
Counselling for Athletes
I offer relational, trauma-informed counselling for athletes navigating the emotional and psychological demands of sport — and life beyond it.
I work with athletes navigating:
Performance anxiety and pressure
Injury and rehabilitation grief
Career-ending or season-ending loss
Burnout and overtraining
Leadership stress and team dynamics
Identity shifts and retirement from sport
Body image and self-worth
Relationship strain connected to training or competition
Together, we explore how pressure, relationships, identity, nervous system patterns, and life experiences intersect with confidence, performance, and emotional wellbeing.
In partnership with PacificSport Fraser Valley as a Community Champion, I also offer discounted counselling and mental performance support for eligible high-performance athletes across British Columbia. Please feel free to inquire about eligibility and rates.
This may be a good fit if you are…
A competitive or elite athlete
A student athlete balancing sport, academics, and identity
Recovering from injury or preparing to return to play
Navigating burnout, performance pressure, or performance anxiety
Exploring emotional disconnection, self-criticism, shame, or the pressure to always perform
Redefining yourself beyond sport or after retirement
A high-performing individual seeking both growth and emotional steadiness
Whole-Person, Performance-Informed Care
My work integrates relational, attachment-informed therapy with body-based nervous system work and principles from performance psychology. I believe sustainable performance grows not simply from discipline or endurance, but from emotional steadiness, supportive relationships, self-trust, and a sense of identity that extends beyond achievement.
Athletes are often taught to override pain, suppress emotion, and push through. Together, we create space for the parts of the experience that are harder to talk about — self-criticism, shame, injury, fear of failure, burnout, disconnection, and the pressure of constantly being evaluated.
Whether you are competing, recovering, questioning your relationship with sport, or trying to rediscover yourself beyond performance, this is a space where the whole person is welcome — not just the athlete.
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BOOK A FREE 20-MINUTE CONSULTATION WITH KRISTIN — WE’LL EXPLORE IT TOGETHER