Sharpen your mental game with sports hypnotherapy from The Therapy Lounge.
You can train hard and still find that match day, a tight score, or one mistake unravels the performance you know you have. Overthinking, tension, or a harsh inner critic can sit between you and the game you actually play in practice.
Athletes and serious amateurs alike often describe choking, hesitation, or carrying last week's error into the next point. The physical work is there. The mental pattern is still running an old story about pressure.
You are certainly not alone - and it really does not have to be this way.
At The Therapy Lounge, hypnotherapy is the primary approach we use for the mental side of sport - helping you access focus, composure, and automatic skill under pressure rather than forcing it with more self-talk.
Performance blocks often sit with confidence, overthinking, or anxiety. Those pages may help if the same pattern shows up at work as well as in sport.
Through a rapid, results-oriented style of hypnotherapy, many clients find they compete closer to how they train - often within a modest number of sessions.
Sports hypnotherapy works by helping your unconscious mind update the pressure responses that interfere with timing, trust, and focus. In a relaxed, focused state, we rehearse composure, recover from mistakes more cleanly, and let trained skill run without constant interference.
Sessions are delivered online by video, which many clients find easy to fit around training. Online care is first-class. This is performance work, not a promise of medals - and it sits alongside, not instead of, your coaching and physical prep.
We have no magic wands - but most clients find it easier than they thought. Many notice a meaningful shift within a few sessions, alongside tools for pre-competition nerves.
For more on how we use hypnotherapy, see our hypnotherapy overview. You can browse all treatments, read client reviews, or book a free consultation when you are ready.
What you can expect:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a form of therapy that emphasises the important role of critical thinking in how we feel and behave. CBT focuses on changing current thoughts and feelings rather than the past.
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Our NEW address for sessions with Steve is
Suite 8.7, Central House, 1 Ballards Lane, London, N3 1 LQ. The office is opposite Finchley Central Tube on the Barnet Branch of The Northern Line. There is plenty of street parking and the Tube car park - all at a small cost - or the Tesco car park is free :)
"I can never thank you enough for what you’ve done for my husband and I Steve. Your hypnotherapy helped us see the world in colour again. We will always be eternally grateful."
"Today, I am loving myself again and I am no longer hurting myself. This is worth more than I ever thank Kirsten for"
"This man! Words alone do not give him enough praise. If you are looking for a kind, intelligent, caring, thoughtful, and brilliant hypnotherapist, Steve Burns is your guy."
