Frontline and High-Performers
Specialist recovery and identity transition for athletes, veterans, and frontline professionals. Because the hardest mission is the one that happens after you leave.

Whether the game ended due to injury, the uniform came off from a shift or for the last time, or you’ve reached the limit of what you can witness on the frontline, or injury brings it to a close, the transition is sometimes not the end.
It isn't just stress. It’s a loss of tribe, a loss of purpose, and often a loss of trust in your own body or even your mind.
Are you navigating this?
The Identity Void: Feeling like a stranger in a world that doesn't understand you
Moral Injury: Carrying the weight of things you or others did or did not do, or things that were done to you.
Betrayal: Dealing with the physical fallout of a career-ending injury or the memory of trauma.
The Switch Problem: Struggling to turn off the high-alert state required for the job when you’re finally at home.
I HAVE WALKED THE PATH
As a former international athlete whose career was abruptly stopped and I fought to find a way back that made sense for me, I know that identity can be tied to your physical or work capability. I understand the identity death that comes when the body or mind can no longer perform the role you love.
In high-stakes environments, trauma is often stored in the nervous system as readiness. My dual-expertise allows us to address this readiness and any physicality of trauma alongside the psychological transition. We don't just cope, we build a roadmap for your next chapter, on your terms.

Military, Veteran and Families: Understanding and navigating the differences in skills and standards within civilian life and processing the unique culture of service.
Military Sexual Trauma (MST): A safe space to process the betrayal and identity impact of MST.
Sporting Career Transition: Support for elite athletes facing retirement or the grief of a career-ending injury.
Frontline Burnout & Moral Injury: Protecting the mental health of medics, police, and emergency responders who carry the weight of public service.


You’ve spent your life being the one people rely on. Now, it’s time to invest in the one person who can carry you through the rest of your life: You. I provide a confidential, professional environment where high standards doesn't mean silence. Let’s get you back in the lead.

Connections Training & Therapy
Unit 9, Hunters Hill Farm, Crakehall, Bedale, DL8 1LA
Space available in Catterick Garrison for Armed Forces.
Covering Catterick Garrison, Richmond, Bedale, RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire and Online. Therapy and training with trauma, long term conditions and disability, adoption, care leavers, managing high conflict environments in the home, recovering from high control, and managing change from intense environments (such as sport, Armed Forces Community).

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