To understand the road I will take, you need to understand where I have come from.

My love for psychology started with a book that my dad gave me called the “Black Museum”. It was a book of different murders and the different facets of the police investigation leading to an arrest.  Forensic psychology was in its infancy in the UK then but that book ignited my passion for psychology and why do people act in a certain way and whether certain behaviours could be predicted.  That led me to do an A’Level in Psychology where one of my tutors, Mrs Yangopolous told me “I was stupid not to go to university to study psychology”.  Twenty-eight years later and her words ringer truer than ever.

My personal circumstances were challenging at 18 years old and I decided to stay in London which meant I had to work.  Fast forward 28 years, 5 different industries and numerous jobs I hit my midlife crisis.  I thought moving to Ibiza would re-energise me and help me find my way but ironically, it was coming back from New Year in Ibiza I decided to apply to university to study either Sports Therapy or Physiotherapy.  Within two weeks of applying, I got an unconditional offer to study Sports Therapy which I accepted.  At this time, it never occurred to me study psychology so I continued down this path unbeknownst to me that this was the right path.

This course offered a Client Psychology module covering mental imagery and goal setting.   I wrote the assignment before we were even taught the literature and with a little tweaking, after the content was taught, I submitted my assignment and got 87% for it.  It was then, that I knew that I wanted to become a Sports Psychologist.

This may not be considered a conventional path to becoming a Sports Psychologist, however, everything fell into place so easily that I knew that this was the right path for me.