Steve Peters

Dr Steve Peters is a Consultant Psychiatrist working in elite sport. He is resident psychiatrist with the British Cycling team and works within the English Institute of Sport. He has also been involved in 12 other Olympic Sports as well as England Rugby and Premier League Football. He has worked in the clinical field of Psychiatry for the past 20 years, including a period working with patients who had severe and dangerous personality disorders. He has been a Senior Lecturer at Sheffield University since 1994 and is also Undergraduate Dean. He holds degrees in Mathematics, Medicine and a Masters in Medical Education, as well as postgraduate qualifications in Sports Medicine, Education and Psychiatry. His specialist interest is in the working of the human mind and how it can reach optimum performance. This is his first book publication.