Return to Play

A psychological skills training program designed to get you back into sport feeling CONFIDENT.

Trying to 'push through' injury recovery isn't going to get you back to peak performance.
In fact, it usually SETS YOU BACK even further.

Revive & Thrive can get you back to feeling confidence in sport, in as little as 5 sessions.

Have you been suffering with a challenging injury, and now you're ready to return to your sport but….

  • You don't feel that you have the confidence you once did?

  • Are preoccupied with the thoughts and images of being re-injured?

  • Feel overwhelmed to get back to your optimal performance?

well, you’re not alone

#1

Fear of re-injury was the most common reasons athletes didn’t return to play after surgery

40%

only 40% of athletes returned to pre-injury competitive levels of sport after an ACL reconstruction

65% +

athletes who did not return to sport after surgery attributed it to a psychological reason

Returning to sport after an injury is a crucial phase in an athlete’s career. Physical readiness is just one component. In fact, psychological readiness is the STRONGEST PREDICTOR of an athlete’s ability to return to pre-injury performance levels.

Mental Skills Training helps you…

  • Make rehab your new sport! You will learn to shifting your focus from limitations to possibilities, develop optimism, and committed (even excited!) to your rehab process, despite the inevitable up’s and down’s.

  • You will learn techniques that help calm your mind and body (especially under pressure). Through practice (and understanding how your brain works), you can rewrite those intrusive thoughts and images about getting re-injured. Can even learn how your anxiety can HELP your performance.

  • We will create a process that helps develop and stabilize your sense of confidence. Through techniques like goal setting, self-talk and mental rehearsal, we rewrite your inner narrative (on a neural level) so you feel prepared to play.

  • Rehab is hard. You will have a system that helps you stick to your rehab plan (even when you don’t feel like it).

I figured out what works, so you can focus on healing.

I have combined my personal experience of sport-ending injuries & chronic pain with research around psychology skills, sport science and neuroscience to put together a program that integrates your brain, body and mind for effective recovery and personal growth.

Whats Included:

  • Personalized mental skills training plan, specific to Return-to-Play

  • 1 x 45 min intake session

  • 2 - 8 x 30 min follow up sessions

  • Resources to support your develop of healthy habits and a refreshed identity 

  • Regular feedback & support on your progress through direct messaging  

  • Access to relaxation resources (guided visualizations, pain management meditations)

  • “After my second surgery that season, I had given up hope. Cait provided a safe space for me to vent, while also providing some techniques to move forward. Some of the techniques we did together seemed to simple to make a difference, but they did. I still use them even after I was physically healed. I can confidently say I am loving playing sport again and my performance has surpassed how I was riding before I wrecked my shoulder. “

    - Sarah (18), Amateur XC Mountain Biker

  • “Cait helped me by overcoming my fears and anxiety and becoming more confident in the field. She provided easy to use techniques”

    -Charlie (14) soccer player with ACL injury

  • “Cait is an amazing supporter for female athletes in sport hoping to grow their confidence. I gained confidence in the pitch socially and physically and I noticed an improvement in my social confidence after injury by having a plan of who to talk to/how to regulate and manage my environment”

    -Taylor (17) rugby union player with ACL injury

  • “I first started working with Cait when I had my first injury, where I missed most of my season. I then copped a back to back injury and missed another large chunk of the season. Cait was there for me from the start. We worked closely and she continuously checked in on me. Cait helped me to learn different mental strategies so I wouldn’t mentally be missing out on what I was physically. I learnt the importance of visualizing, resilience, and learning that everything happens for a reason. Trusting the process and riding the ups and downs of the emotional rollercoaster is something that I have taken with me”.

    -Tess (22) semi-professional athlete with a dual injury season

 FAQs

  • Depending on how much support and accountability you would like, there are different levels of support. Packages of start at 3 sessions ($315) and go up to 5 ($455) or 10 ($835) sessions. All prices are based in CAD and do not include tax.

  • I am based in Beautiful British Columbia. All sessions are online and in-person session (in Squamish) may be coming in Fall of 2025.

  • I am happy to have a free 15 minute discovery call with you to get to know each other and answer any questions you may have. However, individual sessions are not available for this program as the development of the skills to return to play with confidence and consistency take time. I promise that the juice is worth the squeeze (...ie its worth the effort you put in) 

  • Absolutely!! This program can help athletes at any stage of their recovery process (post operation, pre-clearance, mid-process and once they are immersed in sport again). The beauty of this course, is I adapt it to meet you where you are at.

  • Absolutely! Communication is key and it's great to have everyone on the same page. We can discuss this process in the first session together. 

  • It is becoming very well known about the importance of the mind-body connection. When our bodies experience a change (ie and injury), our mental-emotional state experiences a similar change (Green, 1992). This indicates that we cannot recover fully by just focusing on the physical aspects of injury. Not to mention that 72% of collegiate athletes who committed to mental skills training after an injury stated they recovered faster than expected. I have worked with many athletes using this framework and you can read their reviews further up on this page.

    Not to mention, I have done this program each time i've injured myself and I continue to tweak it based on new research and client feedback.

  • If you still have a session or two left after you’ve returned to play and are feeling confident, we can dedicate those sessions to performance enhancement skills. However, based on my personal and professional experience, it usually takes 4-5 sessions for athletes to really stabilize their confidence after an injury.