Dr Kirsten van Heerden is a Sports Psychologist in Durban. She assists athletes to cope with the pressures of elite level performance. She is one of a handful of people in South Africa to have represented her country on the sports field and hold a PhD in sport psychology. She has worked and travelled with high performance athletes and teams for more than 10 years and her services and techniques have been used by Olympians, world champions and SA sports teams.
Far too often, mental health and the duty of care that comes with it, is still seen as a luxury in sport – especially in South Africa. As the conversation opens, we need to change that.
