Performance coaches for performance anxiety
Compare 18 performance coaches who focus on performance anxiety. Besides performance anxiety, the most common focus areas are mental toughness, athletes and sports, high performers and musicians and performers. They most often work with athletes, creatives and professionals. Most charge $75 to $150 per hour or session.
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Anna Hennings
Anna Hennings is a mental performance coach who works with athletes, performers, and executives. She holds a master's degree in sport psychology and is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant. She is based in Portland, Oregon, and coaches online across the country. Many of her clients are volleyball players. She teaches skills for handling nerves, staying focused, and building confidence, from the court to the boardroom.
Chelsea Tanner
Chelsea Tanner is a flutist and mindset coach who helps musicians build confidence and move past imposter syndrome. She is based in Los Angeles. She has spoken at over 30 conferences and universities on mindset tools, performance anxiety and practicing. She hosts a podcast with over 80 episodes on musician mindset. She also teaches flute, both online and in the Los Angeles and Long Beach area.
Eric Batchler
Eric Batchler is a mental performance and life coach in Loveland, Ohio. He helps athletes, teens, and adults beat slumps, reach goals, and handle performance stress. He has more than 20 years of coaching experience and spent a decade at a Fortune 500 company before running his own business. He wrote the Capacity Series of books and hosts two podcasts. He works one-on-one or with teams.
Lorrine Headrick
Lorrine Headrick is a mental performance and confidence coach for athletes. She helps high school and college athletes handle pressure, build confidence, and ease anxiety in sports and in life. She has over 20 years in health and fitness, with a degree in exercise sports science. She was a college athlete herself. She has coached hundreds of athletes, both one-on-one and as whole teams, and she runs a community for sports moms.
Maria Bruce
Maria Bruce is a high-performance coach who works with athletes, artists, founders and professionals. She is a medical doctor and licensed psychotherapist. Her work looks at how pressure, decision-making and personal dynamics affect each other. She has coached Olympic athletes and award-nominated artists, plus people in entertainment, beauty and finance. She founded Optimalist Health and wrote the Mental Training series. Her coaching combines applied psychology with physiological regulation.
Melanie Golding
Melanie Golding is a coach and qualified counsellor who works with musicians and performing artists. She also coaches on anxiety and autism life coaching, and works with teens. She has spent more than 30 years in the music industry as a singer-songwriter and toured the United States and the UK with her albums. She wrote the book 'Facing My Own Music' about the effects of the music industry. She helps artists rebuild confidence and a sense of self.
Will Spriggs
Will Spriggs is a performance coach for traders and portfolio managers. He helps skilled traders stop getting in their own way under pressure. Will traded fixed income and equity futures full time for 20 years, with a focus on G7 government bonds. He later founded Globalpayr, a software company for cross border payments. He now coaches through WS Elite Performance and works on the mental side of trading, not strategy.
Jo Tripier Lorio
Jo Tripier Lorio is a London performance, leadership and life coach who helps thoughtful professionals build confidence under pressure. Jo worked as an Occupational Therapist in the NHS before coaching. Jo is also a certified cognitive behavioural hypnotherapist. Sessions blend coaching, psychology and nervous-system awareness. Clients learn to speak up in meetings, present ideas and step into leadership roles. Jo also works with organisations to support their leaders.
Kiley Ellefson
Kiley Ellefson is an anxiety and breathwork coach in Nevada who helps athletes, athletic coaches, first responders, and performers and artists. Kiley is also a marriage and family therapy intern and is training toward mental performance and Associate Certified Coach credentials. Kiley began coaching to bring therapy knowledge and skills into work on performance and daily life. Sessions follow three stages: Awareness, vision, and action. A free consultation is available.
Laura Gibert
Laura Gibert is a confidence and creativity coach for artists, musicians and singers. She is a professional opera singer who also holds a psychology degree. She trained in Barcelona and London. Her sessions mix psychology with practical exercises, so change starts in the mind and shows up in behavior. She works with professionals, students and amateurs. All sessions are online.
Ali Berry
Ali Berry is a mental performance coach for gymnasts. She works through Gymnastics Mindset Academy, which serves upper-level and elite gymnasts. The program helps athletes move past mental blocks, hit skills consistently, and handle upgrade struggles. It combines sports psychology with behavioral science. Sessions can be short, including 15-minute personal sessions, so they fit a busy gym schedule. Collegiate gymnasts at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse have used the program.
Dustie Gimblet
Dustie Gimblet is a golf mindset coach in Tralee, Ireland. Dustie helps golfers lower their scores, enjoy the game more, and win more tournaments by working on the mental side of golf. Clients include junior amateurs, senior club champions, amateurs going pro, and pros trying to make the cut in major events. Coaching is customized to each golfer and includes support between sessions. Dustie also offers general life coaching and mentoring.
Renée-Paule Gauthier
Renée-Paule Gauthier is a success coach for performing artists. She runs Mind Over Finger, where she helps musicians practice with focus, perform at their best, and build a purposeful musical career. Her offers include one-on-one private coaching, courses on practicing for peak performance, and a program on performance anxiety. She also offers a Music Mastery Experience and a free guide on using the metronome for effective practice.
Bara Sapir
Bara Sapir is a GMAT tutor who also coaches students on mindset and test anxiety. She has worked with hundreds of clients, including students who got into schools like Harvard, Stanford and INSEAD. Her clients also include physicians preparing for medical boards and executives at Fortune 500 companies. She brought mindfulness tools into test prep, using methods like hypnosis, NLP and tapping. She wrote The Full Potential Manual and created the MindFlow speed reading workshop.
Alex L Vessey
Alex L Vessey is an anxiety and confidence coach. Alex works with individuals, employees, managers and entrepreneurs who want to clear the blocks that hold them back. Alex has coached over 1,900 clients face to face across 6,200 sessions. Clients have ranged from school-leavers to CEOs, and one came home with a Team GB medal. The main focus now is workplace and performance anxiety, confidence, problem solving, social and relationship anxiety, and panic attacks.
Laura Buckles
Laura Buckles is a life and business coach who helps creatives, entrepreneurs, small business owners and professionals handle pressure. She spent more than 25 years as a professional actor, producer and writer. She also ran digital media for the mobile app Twrrl. Her coaching uses neuroscience and nervous system regulation to build focus and steady decision making. She also offers on-camera coaching for interviews, speaking events and live performances.
Larry Maguire
Larry Maguire is a Dublin based work and organisational psychologist who coaches senior leaders, business executives, career people and business owners. He helps them find clarity and direction in their work. His Human Performance practice teaches mental skills for handling pressure and making better decisions. He also runs a podcast and writes articles on the psychology of performance, and he offers coaching for graduates and self-employed people.
Mark Wilkes
Mark Wilkes is an anxiety coach and life coach in Utah. He works with athletes, musicians and students. His focus areas are anxiety management, performance psychology and existential crisis. He is a practicing psychotherapist in his state and holds an MA in marriage and family therapy. He is also certified in Advanced Ericksonian Clinical Hypnosis. He helps people who feel held back, who underperform, or who want more meaning in life.
Side by side
| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Hennings | Athletes and sports and Mental toughness | $125 to $250 an hour |
| Chelsea Tanner | Musicians and performers and Performance anxiety | $100 to $150 an hour |
| Eric Batchler | Athletes and sports and Mental toughness | $60 to $160 per hour |
| Lorrine Headrick | Athletes and sports and Mental toughness | $90 to $150 an hour |
| Maria Bruce | Athletes and sports and High performers | $80 to $155 an hour |
| Melanie Golding | Musicians and performers and Performance anxiety | $120 to $225 an hour |
| Will Spriggs | High performers and Mental toughness | $130 to $275 an hour |
| Jo Tripier Lorio | Performance anxiety and High performers | $100 to $150 an hour |
| Kiley Ellefson | Athletes and sports and Mental toughness | $125 to $250 an hour |
| Laura Gibert | Musicians and performers and Performance anxiety | $100 to $150 an hour |
| Ali Berry | Athletes and sports and Mental toughness | $90 to $150 an hour |
| Dustie Gimblet | Athletes and sports and Mental toughness | $90 to $150 an hour |
| Renée-Paule Gauthier | Musicians and performers and Performance anxiety | $100 to $150 an hour |
| Bara Sapir | Performance anxiety and Focus and productivity | $70 to $150 an hour |
| Alex L Vessey | Performance anxiety and Peak performance at work | $80 to $155 an hour |
Common questions
How much does a performance coach for performance anxiety cost?
Most performance coaches charge $75 to $150 per hour or session.
What else do these performance coaches help with?
Common focus areas include mental toughness, athletes and sports, high performers and musicians and performers.
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Last updated September 2026.