Psychotherapy for Athletes & High-Performers | Falmouth, Cornwall & Online

Inner Warrior Therapy offers specialist psychotherapy for athletes, former athletes, and high-performance individuals across Falmouth, Cornwall, and online throughout the UK. Using Transactional Analysis (TA), I work with clients facing the pressures, transitions, and emotional challenges that performance-focused life often brings.

Performance at any level comes with pressure. When injury, burnout, career transitions, or personal struggle hit, everything that once felt solid can shake. Therapy provides a space to process, reflect, and rebuild, without judgement, coaching, or platitudes.

Who I Work With

I support athletes and high-performers dealing with:

• Injury recovery or career-ending trauma

• Fear of re-injury or returning to competition

• Transition out of sport or retirement

• Loss of identity beyond athletics

• Performance anxiety, stress, or burnout

• Concussion or brain injury impacts on mood and behaviour

• Emotional regulation, anger, or frustration

• Relationship pressures, low motivation, or low mood

Every athlete’s experience is unique. I tailor therapy to your needs and, when appropriate, provide referrals to ensure you get the right support.

Why Work With Me

I bring a combination of lived athletic experience and clinical expertise:

• Former rugby player, sports coach, and P.E. teacher

• Mentor for young athletes

• Over four years of psychotherapy experience working with athletes and high-performers

I understand the culture of silence around emotion in sport, the pressure to appear unshakeable, and the grief or confusion that can follow injury, retirement, or identity shifts. You don’t have to translate the language of sport to me, we start from shared ground.

Athletes work with me because I offer a space where they can be honest, process vulnerability, and explore identity without losing autonomy or agency.

My Approach

Grounded in Transactional Analysis (TA), my work explores how past experiences shape present patterns, behaviours, and beliefs. Together, we work to:

• Rebuild identity and purpose beyond sport

• Process trauma, fear, and emotional blocks

• Manage performance pressure, stress, and anxiety

• Strengthen resilience and emotional control

• Improve relationships and communication

• Develop flexible, healthy coping strategies

This is not mindset coaching or surface-level advice, it is deep therapeutic work that helps you understand why you think, react, and cope the way you do, and how to create change that lasts.

Next Steps

I offer a 30-minute consultation via phone or online. During this session, we’ll explore:

• What brought you here

• How your current challenges are affecting you

• What you want from therapy

• Whether my approach is the right fit

If we decide to work together, we set a consistent weekly session time, in-person at The Wellness Hub, Falmouth, or online UK-wide.

This is the beginning of a new chapter, one where you don’t have to carry the pressure alone.

Book your 30-minute consultation
📧 carl@innerwarriortherapy.co.uk
📞 07307224924
📍 Falmouth, Cornwall & Online UK-wide