Individual Mental Coachings for Competition Climbers
Climbing Psychology is globally recognised as a pioneer of psychology in all major disciplines of rock climbing. We believe that a climber’s mental strength is as important as their physical strength, and have spent years tailoring unique programs and training methods for climbers.
Our goal is to support climbers in the best possible way – from dealing with fear of failure, the psychological impact of injuries, competition pressure, personality development, building self-esteem and developing confidence. We prefer a creative, modern approach to sport psychology and aim to practically apply learnt strategies directly on the climbing wall.
Do you…
…feel like your limiting beliefs and lack of confidence sometimes hold you back and you choke under pressure?
…constantly compare yourself to the other competitors and find it hard to trust yourself?
…find it hard to be fully present in competitions and get easily distracted by what is happening around you?
…feel like you hit a plateau?
…struggle with fear of failing and overthinking?
…find it hard to regulate your emotions – particularly if something didn’t go the way you planned?
…feel that the closer an event you have trained hard for, the more nervous you feel?
..give up quickly and want to improve your perseverance?
…have difficulties motivating yourself?
Sometimes, we encounter challenges we can’t solve on our own. In our individual mental coaching sessions, we work together to develop strategies and solutions tailored to your needs. Think of it as finding your mental beta for what’s holding you back. Our goal is to unlock your full potential, enabling you to perform at your best while truly enjoying the process.
What would climbing—and life—look like if you trusted yourself more?
How might it feel to approach challenges with mental strength and resilience?
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU START WORKING ON YOUR MINDSET…
You will feel more confident in yourself and your abilities – which will not only have an effect on your climbing but also your life in general.
You develop strategies to better cope with failure, insecurities, worries…
The enjoyment for climbing (competitions) and motivation will increase.
Dealing with difficult emotions such as fear, disappointment, anger, and so on will become easier and better manageable.
You will be more present and reach a flow state more easily.
The mental strategies and tools you will learn in our coachings will help you to better deal with mentally challenging situations.
You will learn to better listen to yourself, your needs and your “gut feeling”
Climbing will become more playful again.
You will have a clear goal in mind which will help you set your focus and prioritise what matters to you.
…and you will become more emotionally stable, confident and resilient.
We love working with passionate individuals who want to leverage their mindset in climbing.
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP 2025
For 2025, we will offer an Annual Membership for athletes, providing comprehensive sports psychological support for competitive climbers. Spots are limited, so sign up now for a free 30-minute introductory call to get to know us and find out how we can best support you.
Download our information sheet to learn more.
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Our Pricing Structure varies depending on your location due to factors such as local taxes, currency exchange rates, and operational costs in different countries. This allows us to provide high-quality, tailored support to climbers around the world. If you’d like more information about the specific pricing in your country, please feel free to reach out, and we’ll be happy to provide all the details you need.
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We collaborate with several national and local federations, climbing gyms, teams, and the local Olympic Center in Vorarlberg. These organizations support their athletes by providing access to 1:1 mental coaching or facilitating group workshops with their teams.
Check with your federation, team, climbing gym, or Olympic Center to see if financial support is available to cover these services.
If you are member of a national or local federation, climbing gym, organisation or team and would like to cooperate, don’t hesitate to reach out. We are looking forward to hearing from you.
Federations and Teams We Have Worked With
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Madeleine Crane
FOUNDER, CEO & SPORT PSYCHOLOGIST
Madeleine is a passionate climber who has been climbing for more than 20 years herself, competing nationally and internationally for almost 15 years. She is a certified sport psychologist and systemic coach, lives in the West of Austria (close to the Swiss border) and is specialised on climbing. She has been working with climbers and climbing coaches from all around the globe, regardless of their age or professional level. Madeleine also has a cooperation with the local Olympic Center in Vorarlberg. When she is not working, you will very likely find her at one of the local crags, in the gym or at home, baking something.
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Carina Junglut
SPORT PSYCHOLOGIST & CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST I.E.
Carina is a certified sports psychologist and clinical psychologist based in the stunning climbing mecca of Innsbruck, Austria. Specializing in developmental psychology, her focus lies on working with youth climbers. Having grown up in a nearby mountainous region, Carina feels deeply connected to the landscape—mountains truly feel like home to her. Passionate about outdoor sports, especially climbing, she cherishes the exhilarating sense of freedom it brings. Carina thrives on pushing her limits and exploring her mental edge.
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Kaisa Soininen
SPORT PSYCHOLOGIST
Kaisa is a Sports and Exercise Psychologist based in Helsinki, Finland. She has worked with recreational and competitive climbers and specialised in dealing with perfectionism, a high drive for performance among recreational climbers, career transitioning, stress management and commitment via deepening self-knowledge. She found her passion for climbing in her forties and wants to continue climbing for decades ahead.
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What Climbers Are Saying About Working With Us
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I am a competitor climber and struggle with a lot of mental problem, luckily I found Madeleine in the right time and at the perfect place. I am so grateful for everything that she taught me. Her knowledge about climbing and competition is really a big bonus. I can't thank her enough. Highly recommended!
J. Udtohan, Philipines
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Definitey great and very professional expercts! They know what they are doing and have a deep and close relationship and insight in climbing, climbing comunity, training amd competition area... They knows how to serve you those knowldege on understandabe and interesting way! Definitely reccomend ;)
M. Markovič, Slovenia
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Madeleine and climbing psychology teach climbers, athletes and people excellent tools to perform their absolute best. I have been part of her workshops in Australia and run nutrition workshops along side her at bouldering festivals and have learnt a lot professionally about how to get the most out of participants. Very much recommend working with climbing psychology.
A. Watts, Australia
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Whether you are a competition climber or weekend warrior Madeleine can help you address the mental barriers that hold us back in sport. We attended a workshop for coaches, here in Ireland for Mountaineering Ireland, which really highlighted how communication, body language and visualisation can help the mindset of the athletes you work with to facilitate their best performances. She also provided a workshop on the Psychology of Sending and after applying the principles of the workshop it enabled me to unlock the sequence of my project and I sent it 2 weeks later. I would highly recommend Madeleine to anyone who is willing to explore and develop their thought processes to enhance their performance in life. It really works!
R. Hunter, Ireland
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We enjoy working with Madeleine a lot! She's been educating different levels of trainers during the national federation's trainersweekend. Not only is she very professional and knows from a competitors, as well as from a sportpsychologists background what she's talking about, but she's also very enthousiastic, motivating the trainers and climbers and creating valuable and inspiring interactions.
A. Van Weert, Netherlands
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Ich und meine Athleten vertrauen voll und ganz auf Climbing Psychology. Madeleine, selber als ehem. Wettkampfkletterin und nachwievor mega starke Kletterin, weiß einfach wovon sie spricht, und was Kletterer "bewegt" In Sachen Sturzangst, Emotionen, Aktivitätslevelregulation gehört sie zu den Spezialisten!
S. Pichler, Österreich