JAMES ELLIOTT 

When human beings face struggle and adversity, it is not uncommon for their ability to cope in such situations to become strained and often, break. A passionate and reliable resiliency coach and psychotherapist, with over 6 years coaching experience from National League Rugby teams to Paralympic rowers, from Special Forces Operators to vulnerable veterans, James Elliott has a wealth of knowledge in the designing, development and delivery of mental resilience training programs, both as group training and one on one therapy.

Being an accomplished sportsman himself James Elliott is no stranger to the practical application of mental resilience, including operational service within Afghanistan, two Guinness World Records for feats of endurance and playing a high level of competitive rugby.

James Elliott began his knowledge as a resiliency coach while strength and conditioning coaching a National League Rugby team, selected to do so because of his already expansive knowledge after 14 years in the British Airborne Forces - engaging with the young players on a personal level to help them manage the stress of competitive rugby to optimize their performance both on and off the pitch. From there, he was selected to be an instructor in the British Army’s first ever Army Parachute Jumping Instructors platoon, where he began his qualifications in mental health and psychotherapy to better help the young soldiers earn their coveted British Army Parachute Wings, by coaching them the skills of anxiety regulation and emotional intelligence. It would be this experience that would be so influential to James Elliott’s career as his work lead him to becoming the second in command of the British Army’s Mental Resilience Training Program. Leading him to deliver to all branches of the British Army, including Special Forces, soldiers on Pre-Deployment Training and those conducting arduous courses.

Now outside of the British Army, James has become fully accredited as a psychotherapist, has completed a Master of Science with distinction in War and Psychiatry, runs training and support for vulnerable veterans, has written a best selling book - "Think Yourself Resilient", has briefed at Oxford University how to communicate better with vulnerable veterans, has run performance coaching for the Paralympic Rowing Team, has designed, developed and delivered the mental resilience training for Scottish and Derbyshire Police and has delivered several key note speaker roles, most notably at FitXpo in Liverpool. 

James has a boisterous daughter named Georgina aged 10, whom he gets to enjoy much more time with, seeing her everyday. Dedicated to his health, James trains everyday in both strength and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, in Colchester, Essex