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Performance Psychology Composed under pressure.Perform with purpose.
Evidence-based performance psychology for athletes and high performers — helping you stay grounded, navigate pressure and take purposeful action when it matters most.
Work with Adele Explore the Grounded Edge Approach
Grounded Edge Performance
Support for performance, pressure and change.
Performance isn't built on confidence alone. Confidence comes and goes.

Grounded Edge Performance helps athletes and high performers develop the self-awareness, self-trust and psychological skills to respond effectively when pressure, uncertainty and change show up.

The aim isn't simply to perform well in the moment, but to develop skills that support lasting performance, wellbeing and life beyond sport.
01 — The Grounded Edge Approach Stay grounded. Act with intention. A practical, evidence-based approach to developing self-awareness, self-trust and psychological flexibility — helping you focus on what matters and take purposeful action under pressure. Explore the Grounded Edge Approach 02 — Areas of Support Performance, wellbeing & life beyond sport. Support across performance pressure, injury and setbacks, recovery, transition, mental health, relationships and the ongoing impacts of concussion — tailored to the person and what matters to them. Explore Areas of Support 03 — About Adele A psychologist who understands elite sport from the inside. With more than 25 years immersed in elite motorsport, alongside six years with the Victorian Institute of Sport and nine years within AFL development programs, Adele brings an understanding of high performance that extends beyond the consulting room. Meet Adele
Experience
Psychologist Working across elite sport and high-performance environments.
25+ Years Experience immersed in elite motorsport and performance environments.
Elite Sport Six years with the Victorian Institute of Sport and nine years within AFL development programs.
Registered AHPRA-registered psychologist and member of AAPi.
Credentials & Accreditations Qualified, registered and connected across elite sport.
Registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency Adele is an AHPRA-registered psychologist.
Member of the Australian Association of Psychologists Inc Adele is a member of AAPi.
Available via the AFL Players Association Mental Health & Wellbeing Navigation Service Adele is available to AFL players through the AFL Players Association Mental Health & Wellbeing Navigation Service.
A grounded space to reflect, reset and move forward. Whether you're an athlete, coach or high performer looking for support — or simply want to find out whether Grounded Edge Performance is right for you — you're welcome to start a conversation.