Psychologically informed coaching for the long way around.
One-to-one work for runners, endurance athletes and high performers navigating identity, burnout, confidence, motivation, injury, pressure and life transitions.
Ways we can work together.
Virtual by video, or face-to-face in Poundbury, Dorset. Flexible working hours to fit around training and life.
Psychological Coaching
Psychologically informed one-to-one coaching for runners, endurance athletes and entrepreneurs. £120 / 60 minutes
Group sessions
Reflective group work for teams, clubs and organisations navigating pressure, ambition and high performance environments.
Training
Workshops, talks and psychologically informed training exploring endurance, mental health, performance and sustainable leadership.
Walk and talk
Outdoor sessions held on the move. Sometimes the conversation works better when neither person is sitting still.
Reflective Running Sessions
Psychological and reflective conversations held while running outdoors, side by side rather than face to face.
A quiet room above the arches, in Poundbury.
Face-to-face sessions are held at The Pediment, a calm, private space set back from the street. Considered, unhurried, and built for honest conversation.
Psychological coaching informed by clinical practice, endurance sport and real-world experience.
The focus isn’t training plans or mileage targets.
If you need structured training support or performance planning, I’m always happy to point you toward people who specialise in that work.
Psychological work, rooted in clinical expertise and lived endurance.
Identity
Who you are when the thing you do is taken away, and how to widen the answer.
Burnout
Recognising the slow erosion before the collapse. Building something more sustainable.
Confidence
Quiet, durable self-trust rather than performance-shaped self-esteem.
Motivation
The difference between drive that sustains you and drive that slowly consumes you.
Injury & recovery
Holding identity together when the body stops cooperating.
Pressure & performance
Navigating pressure without losing yourself inside performance.
A considered, unhurried way of working.
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A first conversation
A relaxed, no-pressure conversation to understand where you are, what’s wearing on you, and whether this feels like the right fit.
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Establishing the rhythm
Together, we explore what needs attention, what change might look like, and how the work can fit realistically into your life.
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On-going work
Sessions shaped around your life, training and relationships. Reflective, psychologically informed and grounded in real life.
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Integration
The aim is not dramatic overnight transformation, but quieter, lasting change that becomes part of how you move through life.
I will continue sessions with Neil because I feel very comfortable and because of how he has adapted to what I have needed in each part of my journey so far. I'm feeling hopeful about my future.
I thoroughly recommend Dr Neil Drew. He created such a safe, unstressful and conducive environment and atmosphere.
I appreciate all you have done; having a safe space to be emotional was very powerful for me.