Prof Steve Peters
Consultant Psychiatrist – BA, PGCE, MBBS, MEd, MRCPsych, PhD, DSc, Dip Sports Med
Steve is a medical doctor; he specialises in mental health and the functioning of the human mind and has dedicated his working life to help people get the best out of themselves and to be in a good place. His current and past experiences include: clinical director of Mental Health Services within the NHS at a district hospital, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Undergraduate Dean at Sheffield Medical School. He has spent 20 years as an examination panel member at the Royal College of Psychiatry and has been an expert advisor to World Anti-doping Agency.
He has been a consultant to over 20 Olympic and national sporting teams including Liverpool FC, British Cycling, GB Taekwondo, England Rugby and England Football. Outside of elite sport, Prof Peters works with CEOs, senior executives, teachers, students, hospital staff and patients.
Steven Gerrard, Sir Chris Hoy, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Victoria Pendleton, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Lee Westwood, Jonathan Trott and Raheem Sterling are people that have all spoken publicly about how Prof Peters’ has helped them during their careers.
As an author, he has written 4 books including the bestselling self-help book of all time in the UK, The Chimp Paradox, which has sold over a million copies – as per Nielsen TCM Chart 2020. His latest book is “A Path through the Jungle’, released October 2021.
Other achievements include attending Downing Street for winning the senate award twice for his excellence in teaching.
Media
Watch: Prof Steve Peters on The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett
I join The Diary of a CEO podcast creator Steven Bartlett and shared my experiences and insights on how to optimise your psychological and mental wellbeing.
During the podcast, I help to simplify the neuroscience of the mind through the lens of the Chimp Model.
We discuss some key topics such as; mental health, understanding our drives, how we manage our emotions and forming positive habits.
Prof Steve Peters on TedX
As a Consultant Psychiatrist working in Elite Sport Steve has worked with the UK Athletics, British Cycling, Sky Pro Cycling teams and has had involvements with a further twelve Olympic Sports as well as England Rugby and Premier League Football.
In this TedX Steve discuss the different ways we can optimise the performance of the human mind and how he uses this model in elite sport. The aim for the model is to help create happy, confident and successful people, and limit the amount of anxiety and worry that you have just as Prof Peters does with athletes in Elite Sport.
BBC Victoria Derbyshire
Steve discusses how we can utilise the different strategies that he uses within working with elite athletes and how we can optimise our own minds, in the same way, to help us become more successful, confident and happy.
What others say
“I don’t think I would have realised my potential without Steve”
Victoria Pendleton
Olympic Gold medal winner
“Without Steve, I don’t think I would have won gold in Athens in 2004”
Sir Chris Hoy
Olympic Gold medal winner
“He is the best. I’ve played my most consistent form for Liverpool and England since seeing Steve”
Steven Gerrard
Former Liverpool and England Captain
“Steve Peters is a genius”
Dave Brailsford
Former Performance Director of British Cycling
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Chimp Management
Chimp Management was set up by Professor Steve Peters in order to respond to the numerous requests he was receiving for help in understanding and using The Chimp Model.
Steve and his experienced team of doctors and psychologists specialise in helping others be the best they can be and achieve psychological well-being. The Model helps people working in all walks of life including public services, the corporate sector, education, health and the world of sport. Their daily work is helping clients to get the best out of themselves and others, using The Chimp Model.
Our aim is to help educate and assist anyone who would like to further develop their chimp management skills.
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The Troop
