SERVICES
Based in County Kerry, CAOI applies psychological principles to enhance individuals’ wellbeing and performance, in both a sport and exercise setting.
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CAOI fosters a person-centred approach to sport and exercise psychology ensuring individual wellbeing is prioritised.
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Services can be offered both in-person and online.
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Individual Sport Psychology
Individual sport psychology sessions provides athletes with an opportunity to learn and develop the skills needed to perform at their best consistently.
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Key Areas:
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Mental Skills Training
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Coping with Injury
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Wellbeing and Lifestyle
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Goal Setting
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Motivation
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Confidence
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Concentration
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Emotional Control
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Managing Sport Related Anxiety and Stress
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Balancing Academic/Professional and Athletic Demands
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Team Sport Psychology
The most successful teams adopt a winning mindset and operate cohesively to achieve their goals. Team Sport Psychology is collaborative effort, involving coaching and backroom staff as well as the athletes.
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Key Areas:
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Goal setting and Goal Clarity
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Overcoming Setbacks
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Conflict Resolution
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Mental Skills Training
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Team Cohesion
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Communication Skills
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Exercise Psychology
Claire has previously worked as a fitness professional and helped individuals reach their goals from a physical perspective. The experience she gained within this role complements her ability to understand the demands facing individuals in exercise settings.
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Exercise psychology is the application of psychological principles to enhance an individual's ability to adopt and maintain physical activity.
Key Areas:
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Increasing Motivation
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Achieving and Sustaining Behaviour Change
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Overcoming Barriers
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Goal Setting
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Lifestyle Improvement
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Achieving Balance
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Public Speaking/Workshops
Areas of Expertise include (but are not limited to):
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Work-Life Balance
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Athlete Wellbeing
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Personal Wellbeing
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Body Image in Sport
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Positive Sport Parenting
Why choose CAOI?
For Athletes: Whether you're competing at an elite level or striving to improve your personal best, our mental skills coaching helps you overcome challenges, enhance focus, and manage pressure in high-stakes situations.
For Coaches: Lead your team with confidence. We work with coaches to develop effective strategies for building trust, fostering resilience, and maximising team performance.
For Teams: Unity and collaboration are key to achieving success. Our team performance consulting enhances cohesion, strengthens communication, and builds a winning mindset.
Who do we work with?
We work with athletes, performers, and high-achievers who want to strengthen their mental game and perform at their best when it matters most. Our clients range from grassroots participants to elite competitors, across individual and team sports.
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We support:
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Competitive athletes at all levels
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Professional and semi-professional sports teams
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Coaches and support staff
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Performing artists and high-pressure professionals
All individual athletes we work with must be 18 years or older.
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Whether you’re preparing for competition, returning from injury, managing pressure, or looking to build confidence and consistency, we tailor our approach to meet your specific needs, goals, and environment.
