Trusted highly confidential care: providing expertise that is specific to those in elite sport, dance other high PERFORM-Rs.
Differentiate the care provided by offering access to internationally recognised sports psychiatry.
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Tim is an internationally recognised sports psychiatrist: the first doctor in the UK to receive certification by the International Society for Sport Psychiatry. For many years, Tim has worked across the spectrum of mental health, wellbeing and performance within elite sport and dance. Tim supports both individuals and teams in elite football, in the Olympic and Paralympic Systems, elite rugby, cricket, tennis, horse racing and many more.Tim offers support to members of the League Managers Association. Tim is an approved expert on the Football Medicine and Performance Association (FMPA) register.
Tim is one of a very small number of psychiatrists to have also completed postgraduate training in applied sport and exercise psychology. Having worked and trained in high performance environments, he understands the culture of professional sport and dance, and the unique pressures that come with this. Tim is a specialist member of the Sport Resolutions National Anti-Doping Panel. He was formerly a registered UKAD psychiatrist accredited to undertake therapeutic use exemption assessments.
Tim has experience of assessing and caring for footballers subject to FA disciplinary proceedings when supported by the PFA. Tim supports athletes and coaches as an expert in other situations related to sports and civil law proceedings.
Tim is clinical director at Togetherall, an anonymous online mental health service that offers a service to all UK Sport coaches and athletes.
Tim was a founding executive member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Sport and Exercise Psychiatry Special Interest Group.
Clinicians who do not necessarily understand sport
Dedicated to elite athletes and coaches, one at a time
High value contract at risk
Understand unique risks to reputation
Others left holding initial concerns
Specialist advice available early
Problems escalate whilst looking for the right specialist
Immediate intervention, however small or large
Athlete’s profile a barrier to engaging
Understand the athlete as a whole person
Limited appreciation of life inside the sporting bubble
Understand high-performance systems
Player needs to attend an appointment
Person can come to us, we call or we come to you
Needed
Assured
Uncertain
Long term availability – an opportunity to drive mental fitness onwards
Performer’s potential and reputation at risk
Continued nurturing towards becoming their best
Working in silos
An addition to what the best teams and intermediaries offer valued talent
We are based in London but cover athletes and performers elsewhere, including on camp or on tour.
Contact us in strictest confidence to book an initial conversation, an individual assessment or enquire about support for your team