Reasons for consulting with a Clinical Sport Psychologist can be roughly divided into four categories: Performance Development - Enhancing and developing to the optimum, the psychological (mental) aspects of a sport performance. Performance Dysfunction - Overcoming a barrier or a slump in performance for which there are no apparent physical (non-psychological) reasons. Performance Impairment – Provision of psychological therapy for someone suffering from psychological, emotional or mental health difficulties where those symptoms are adversely affecting sport performance. This may be to the point where performance has completely broken down. Performance Termination – Counselling and support for someone seeking to cope with the many stressor s that might accompany a termination of a sporting career.