Sports Psychotherapist
There has been much sympathetic commentary towards Jürgen Klopp after the death of his mother, Elisabeth, and the impossibility of going back to Germany to be with family. Football can be considerate but I wonder how that reaction would play out if the Liverpool manager were to return home, taking a break for a week […]
A sprained ankle can mean more than a few weeks off the pitch or the running track. Professor Sarah Niblock, CEO of the UK Council for Psychotherapy, and therapist Gary Bloom explore how physical injury can have an impact on emotional wellbeing. The fallout of a sports injury can be far-reaching, says UKCP psychotherapist Gary […]
One of the things you realise when working with elite athletes is that many define themselves by what they do. With that in mind, I foresee this period of shutdown as being extremely challenging for a huge number of people in the game. This isn’t just a problem in sport but society in general and maybe […]
Penguin Life will publish a “timely and important” book about mental health in sport by Gary Bloom titled Head in the Game. Penguin Life acquired world English rights from Nick Walters at David Luxton Associates. Head in the Game will be published in hardback in spring 2021. Bloom is the host of talkSPORT’s radio show “On the Sporting Couch”, where […]
Top football clubs have been urged to offer greater psychological support for their players during the coronavirus pandemic. Leading sports psychotherapist Gary Bloom, who works with Oxford, has called on club bosses to “reach out” to their players and staff, and increase their psychological services. Bloom revealed he receives the majority of his referrals from […]
“THAT morning I had no idea by the end of the day I’d be sitting in the manager’s office.” It is 14 months since Gary Bloom walked into Oxford United to start what is believed to be the first role of its kind in English football – a psychotherapist embedded inside a professional club. How big a […]
Oxford United play Portsmouth in League One Play-off semi-final on Friday night Us finished fourth in the curtailed season and have a shot at the Championship But they were relegation strugglers last season before a drastic transformation Part of the reason is Gary Bloom – English football’s only psychotherapist He helps players’ mental health, dealing […]
CLUBS need to do all they can to guard against social isolation of their players – because the odds are the coronavirus crisis will get worse before it gets better. That’s the view of sports psychotherapist Gary Bloom, who has seen a wide range of responses since the sporting world was brought to a halt. Fortunately, Oxford United’s approach […]
OXFORD United will test their players’ bodies and minds tomorrow in an attempt to make the most of another blank weekend. Unlike the U’s previous three postponements this season, Doncaster Rovers’ decision to call off the trip to the Kassam Stadium was not down to coronavirus. Instead, three international call-ups in their squad allowed the Yorkshire club […]