Sport Psychotherapist

Dr Petah Gibbs has an extensive background in teaching, research, and as a practitioner. Petah can assist athletes of all levels and ages with learning “performance enhancement” techniques and developing mental skills that will improve both their enjoyment and sporting performance.

Petah’s experience as a child/adolescent counsellor with the YMCA has him well equipped to assist with the development of coping skills for the usual, and sometimes less usual, stresses of life, growing up, and relationships.

Petah has been a lecturer in psychology at three Australian universities over the past 10 years. With respect to research, Petah’s focus has been on personality assessment and eating behaviours/body image; he has several international academic and commercial publications in these areas.

Petah’s current work with Sabres Basketball and an AFL club and has enabled him to work with elite and sub elite athletes to optimise athletic performance. Petah has a special interest in working with young men and women in developing their mental game.