Testimonials
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Lara was a great asset to help our team prepare for the Touch Rugby World Cup. Her facilitation style enabled us to feel comfortable to open up and her sessions contributed to significantly strengthening our bond. The exercises Lara took us through helped us to gain insight both personally and as a team. Lara helped us see how important it is to understand our preferences for when and how we receive feedback thereby maximising its impact. The practical tips Lara gave were particularly useful and will be invaluable in ensuring we are able to give our best at the World Cup.
Caitlin, Wales Touch Rugby
As a coach I’ve not worked with a sports psychologist before, but Lara was really helpful guiding me in how best to utilise what she can do, and how best to get her engaging with the team.
It was really useful the way Lara suggested topics she should cover, and moulded her content depending on the feedback I would give her about the team. The presentations were confident and clear and the players responded very positively to her.
I wouldn’t hesitate to involve Lara with teams I work with in the future, I’ve seen an increase in confidence, better bonding between players, and better performances as a result.
Danny, Wales Touch Rugby
I really enjoyed working with Lara! She provided tools I could use in challenging moments and helped me shift my perspective, allowing me to better process my thoughts. Getting started was very easy, and booking sessions was painless. I highly recommend working with Lara!
Ramon, cyclist
Lara has worked with the Wales Women’s 35s Touch rugby team to over the last three months in preparation for the Touch Rugby World Cup. Her approach has enabled the team to open up and understand each other as players, helping the squad identify our ‘why’, work on confidence, triggers and mental resetting, along with identifying team values and culture. This has been really beneficial to the squad in the lead up to the tournament.
On a personal level the work Lara has undertaken with us has helped me identify unhelpful thoughts and feelings during both training and games and given mechanisms for dealing with these. These mechanisms have helped me with pre-training/game anxiety and enabled me to start changing my approach to managing these feelings.
Abby, Wales Touch rugby
Lara is an important member of our academy and pathway setup. She quickly adapted to the team environment and played a key role in establishing our psychology department. Her contribution was vital to the successful launch of our first season of psychological provisions at the club. She is full of great ideas and is a dedicated professional who is always eager to improve.
Yasir, Derbyshire Cricket Club Academy psychology manager