Psychologist · High performance coach
I've spent a decade inside teams where pressure is the job.
I work with founders, CEOs and executives who are performing well and paying for it quietly.
Book a free discovery call.
My Story
What the Olympics taught me about the boardroom.
I grew up in Dublin and came to performance psychology through sport. For most of my career I've sat inside high-performance environments as the embedded psychologist... the person in the room when a selection call goes against someone, when a penalty shootout is 90 seconds away, when a world-class athlete looks completely composed and is quietly falling apart.
Here's what I learned in those rooms that nobody puts on the highlight reel:
The people who perform at the top rarely fail because they lack skill or discipline. They fail, or more often just grind, because of what's running underneath: the belief that it's all on them. The inability to switch off. The standard that keeps moving. The composure that costs more every year to maintain.
Then I started working with women running businesses and leading teams, and I saw the exact same operating system. Different arena. Same source code.
That's the work I do now. Not "mindset". Not motivation. The actual patterns driving how you perform under pressure, and rewiring them so the performance stops costing you.
How I work
Direct, strategic, deep. In that order.
I don't do fluff and I don't do fifty sessions of talking about the problem. High performers don't need more insight. They need traction.
So we don't just look at what you're doing. We change what's driving you when you do it: perfectionism, over-control, threat sensitivity, "not enough", and the patterns that make success feel heavy instead of earned.
I'm trained in schema therapy, EMDR, IFS/parts work, CBT, ACT, DBT, somatic therapy and nervous system regulation, and I apply a trauma-focused lens to all of it. You don't need to know what any of that means. You need to know I pick the right tool for what's actually going on, not the one I'm most attached to.
FAQ
Questions people actually ask before they book.
Still have questions? Reach out anytime, or start with a discovery call.
There are two ways I work with clients. Performance Coaching is for founders, CEOs, executives and high-performing women working on pressure patterns, leadership presence and the source-code stuff underneath performance. Personal Psychology is for high performers needing psychological support with anxiety, burnout, perfectionism, imposter syndrome, trauma and EMDR for complex presentations. Medicare rebates are available with a GP referral. If you’re not sure which pathway fits, a discovery call is the right first step.
Choose Personal Psychology if you’re dealing with anxiety, depression, burnout, trauma or other clinical presentations; want to access Medicare rebates; or your GP has recommended a psychologist. Choose Performance Coaching if you’re performing well but want to work on pressure patterns, leadership, decision-making and performance under pressure. Still unsure? A free 15-minute discovery call is designed to help us decide together.
The first step is a free 15-minute discovery call. We talk through what you’re working on, which pathway fits and what working together would involve. An initial consultation is 60 minutes and includes a thorough history, preliminary formulation and agreed goals. Ongoing sessions are typically 50–60 minutes and scheduled weekly, fortnightly or monthly, with clear goals and honest progress assessment.
I work with a limited number of clients at any time. If there’s a waitlist, I’ll be upfront and provide a realistic timeframe. Online sessions are available worldwide via secure video conference, with limited in-person availability in North Sydney.
Personal Psychology follows the AHPRA pricing guidelines that govern psychologists Australia-wide. Performance Coaching offers are outlined on the Performance Coaching page, including the Performance Blueprint and the 16-week Carrying Capacity engagement.
A clear first step
You already know it's costing you. Find out what.
Start with a free 15-minute discovery call. No pitch. We work out whether this is a fit and what the first step looks like, and I'll tell you honestly if it isn't.