Charlie combines his passion for psychology with applied experience in pressure environments, including the military and elite sport. Charlie has built a reputation as a specialist in helping athletes and teams convert their performance in training into consistent performance under the pressure of competition.

Here are just some examples of the work Charlie has done...

Great Britain Fencing Team | Performance Psychology Consultant

Charlie worked with the GB Fencing Team in 2010-2011, in particular epee and foil weapons. Charlie was responsible for applying principles of performance psychology to training and competition environments. In a highly physical and tactical combat sport the fencer must have a strong self-identity in order that they can be resolute in their decision-making and creative under pressure. One of the key objectives for Charlie as a performance psychologist was to enable performance in training to be transfered successfuly into the intense arena of World Class competition.

Junior European Champions 2012

Great Britain Equestrian | Performance Psychology Consultant

Charlie is the performance psychologist for both the Junior and Young Rider GB Event Teams having also worked with numerous Olympic equestrians. Charlie works with riders and their support networks to deal effectively with the specific and varied demands of this multi-disciplined sport. The dressage discipline requires riders to be calm and focused whilst the show-jumping discipline demands technical confidence and the cross country course a strong nerve and presence of mind. Add to this the unique dynamic of an animal and human partnership, riders must demonstrate the qualities of a strong leader under pressure in order to perform successfully in combination with the horse. Given the unique challenges this presents in developing a rider's expertise, Charlie also works closely with coaches and parents.
In 2012 the Junior GB Team were both individual & team gold medalists at the European Championships.

Whitgift Rugby, National Champions 2009 & 2012 |
Performance Psychology Consultant

Charlie was provided with the unique opportunity of working with the Whitgift School rugby team in 2009 and 2010. These were two very special seasons for the team - winning the prestigous National Daily Mail Cup over both seasons with the finals held at Twickenham. Charlie provided a number of sessions in the early part of both seasons, focusing the team on shared responsibility and sustaining high performance over the season. The team were extremely engaged with the programme and, alongside the coach, co-created many of the performance principles that they wanted to play by. The results speak for themselves.

Great Britain Modern Pentathlon | Performance Psychology Consultant

A former athlete on the GB Modern Pentathlon squad himself, Charlie has worked with many of the individuals that make up an organisation who have won medals at every Olympics since Sydney 2000. In 2008, major changes to the sport saw the target shooting and running events combined to create an event that required athletes to shoot under extreme physical duress. Charlie undertook specific research with the team exploring the combined effects of mental anxiety and physical arousal on shooting performance. He used his research to help advise atheletes and coaches on how to train physcial and mental control, not only in training but also in competition.
Congratulations to Sam Murray who won Olympic Gold in London after her phenominal run/shoot.

Vesta Rowing Club, Henley Finalists 2009 |
Performance Psychology Consultant

Charlie worked with Vesta Rowing Club's Mens Coxed Four in the build up to the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta in 2009. Charlie's remit was to focus on the application of mental strategies that would enable each individual and the team as a whole to maximise the their physical ability. This started with psychological contracting exercises that clarified team goals and strengthened the crew's commitment, responsibility and trust towards one another. This developed into a programme of combined mental & physical training designed to achieve specific mind states associated with race day, using music, imagery and physical cues to strengthen these states. Having entered the Henley Royal Regatta as complete under-dogs, the crew progressed all the way to the final where they were beaten narrowly by the tournament favourites. This was the clubs best result in over 20 years.