Sports Performance Anxiety Therapy
Crushing it in practice but freezing in competition?
Peyton Sutton, LPC specializes in sports performance anxiety therapy — helping athletes overcome perfectionism, mental blocks, and competition nerves so you can perform at your best when it matters most.
What Sports Performance Anxiety Looks Like
Managing performance anxiety, pre-competition stress, perfectionism, and fear of failure in athletics and high-pressure environments
Navigating burnout, anxiety, depression, imposter syndrome, and the emotional toll of constantly performing at a high level
Struggling with mental blocks, injury recovery, team conflict, racial stress in sports, and difficult team or social dynamics
Feeling emotionally drained from always trying to “keep it together”
How Sport Performance Therapy Supports Athletes
Develop practical tools to manage performance anxiety, competition nerves, and high-pressure moments so you can compete with greater confidence and focus.
Challenge perfectionism, self-criticism, and fear of failure while building a healthier mindset rooted in growth and resilience.
Strengthen your mental game through evidence-based approaches such as mindfulness, visualization, values-based work, and performance routines.
Explore the deeper factors affecting performance—including identity, burnout, injury recovery, racial stress, life transitions, and confidence beyond sports.
Meet Peyton Sutton, LPC
Sports performance anxiety therapist &
BIPOC athlete mental health specialist
Peyton Stokes Sutton (she/her) is a Licensed Professional Counselor specializing in sports performance anxiety, athlete mental health, and culturally responsive therapy for BIPOC athletes, eldest daughters, immigrants, and bicultural individuals in Texas and Indiana.
Former collegiate athlete who competed in predominantly white sports, Peyton intimately understands the mental load of being "the only one," navigating micro-aggressions while trying to perform, and the emotional toll of code-switching in competitive environments.
Therapy approaches include: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for performance anxiety and perfectionism, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for values-driven athletic performance, mindfulness-based stress reduction, mental performance coaching, trauma-informed care, and culturally responsive therapy for BIPOC athletes and marginalized communities in Texas and Indiana.