Expert Psychotherapist, Seasoned Trader, and Performance Coach
with More Than 20 Years of Professional Experience
with More Than 20 Years of Professional Experience
I'm Sean Sawyer, MS. Achieving success isn't just about overcoming obstacles; it's about thriving during the calm periods as well. My role extends beyond helping you through the tough times; I'm here to assist you in reaching a state of continuous excellence and consistent performance. My unique strategy is designed to support traders, both those in challenging situations and those who are ambitiously striving for new peaks.
Trading, by its nature, involves continuous exposure to volatility and uncertainty, making it essential to maintain a robust psychological foundation at all times. It's about enhancing your resilience, sharpening your focus, and refining your decision-making process in both prosperous and challenging times. Through personalized coaching or group workshops, we delve deep into how your personal history and inherent responses to threats can influence your trading decisions. More importantly, we focus on transforming this insight into a strategic advantage, ensuring that you're not just surviving the market's ups and downs but thriving through them.
Consider this: Elite athletes don't wait for an injury before seeing a coach; they work relentlessly on their fitness and skills to prevent issues and enhance performance. Similarly, engaging with a performance coach for your trading endeavors should be a proactive and continuous process. Whether it’s navigating market volatility, honing risk management strategies grounded in psychological strength, or developing a keen edge over cognitive dissonance through E.M.D.R. (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), my goal is to equip you with the tools for not just success, but enduring success.
Join me in transforming not just how you trade, but how you approach the market mentally. Together, let's build a foundation that not only supports your trading ambitions but elevates them, ensuring that your journey in the financial markets is not just profitable, but also psychologically rewarding and sustainable. Let's redefine success in trading, making it a reflection of continuous growth, resilience, and the unwavering pursuit of excellence.
Trading, by its nature, involves continuous exposure to volatility and uncertainty, making it essential to maintain a robust psychological foundation at all times. It's about enhancing your resilience, sharpening your focus, and refining your decision-making process in both prosperous and challenging times. Through personalized coaching or group workshops, we delve deep into how your personal history and inherent responses to threats can influence your trading decisions. More importantly, we focus on transforming this insight into a strategic advantage, ensuring that you're not just surviving the market's ups and downs but thriving through them.
Consider this: Elite athletes don't wait for an injury before seeing a coach; they work relentlessly on their fitness and skills to prevent issues and enhance performance. Similarly, engaging with a performance coach for your trading endeavors should be a proactive and continuous process. Whether it’s navigating market volatility, honing risk management strategies grounded in psychological strength, or developing a keen edge over cognitive dissonance through E.M.D.R. (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), my goal is to equip you with the tools for not just success, but enduring success.
Join me in transforming not just how you trade, but how you approach the market mentally. Together, let's build a foundation that not only supports your trading ambitions but elevates them, ensuring that your journey in the financial markets is not just profitable, but also psychologically rewarding and sustainable. Let's redefine success in trading, making it a reflection of continuous growth, resilience, and the unwavering pursuit of excellence.
Risk Does Not Exist Without Threat
Inadequate threat response underpins unprofessional trading behavior. Risk management is rooted in the psychological impact of threats. Trading poses a threat every time you execute, affecting your capital and the life you're building. Persistent exposure to perceived threats systematically undermines Executive Functioning, leading to significant disruptions in several crucial domains of decision-making:
Here's how it impacts traders:
The constant threat triggers a cycle of making the same mistakes, a concept known as cognitive dissonance, where there's a gap between what we know is better and our actions. This is where E.M.D.R. therapy comes in. Unlike other behavioral interventions, E.M.D.R. effectively resolves this gap, aligning actions with knowledge. It helps overcome obstacles and supports lasting change.
The persistent presence of threat locks us in a cycle of repetition, compelling us to repeat the same errors even when we intellectually recognize better choices. This phenomenon, widely understood as cognitive dissonance, reveals a disconnect between our beliefs and actions, a critical barrier to personal growth and development.
Here's how it impacts traders:
- Focus: It becomes hard to stay focused on market trends and strategies, crucial for long-term success.
- Strategic Planning: Predicting market movements and planning accordingly gets tougher, complicating market navigation.
- Organization: Organizing and prioritizing trades becomes challenging, leading to missed opportunities or mistakes.
- Emotional Regulation: Managing emotions in response to market changes is difficult, often causing impulsive, emotional decisions rather than strategic ones.
- Goal-Oriented Thinking: Staying committed to long-term goals is harder, making short-term gains more tempting despite their lack of sustainability.
The constant threat triggers a cycle of making the same mistakes, a concept known as cognitive dissonance, where there's a gap between what we know is better and our actions. This is where E.M.D.R. therapy comes in. Unlike other behavioral interventions, E.M.D.R. effectively resolves this gap, aligning actions with knowledge. It helps overcome obstacles and supports lasting change.
The persistent presence of threat locks us in a cycle of repetition, compelling us to repeat the same errors even when we intellectually recognize better choices. This phenomenon, widely understood as cognitive dissonance, reveals a disconnect between our beliefs and actions, a critical barrier to personal growth and development.
Leveraging my psychotherapy and trading background,
I uniquely address trading psychology issues.
My workshops offer a unique blend of clinical expertise and trading experience, helping you enhance your skills, identify weaknesses, and develop a a risk management approach grounded in your values. Understand how your life experiences and nervous system affect every trading decision. Cultivate the patience and acceptance needed for longevity in retail trading. Learn evidence-based behavioral skills to recognize and eliminate unprofessional trading behaviors.
In 1:1 sessions, I'll guide you in building a psychological edge by examining your life experiences' impact on every trading decision, fostering excellent decision-management skills. Our past shows up at the opening bell every day. It's our responsibility to understand how and act accordingly. We will examine life patterns, their roots, and how they diminish your performance.
In 1:1 sessions, I'll guide you in building a psychological edge by examining your life experiences' impact on every trading decision, fostering excellent decision-management skills. Our past shows up at the opening bell every day. It's our responsibility to understand how and act accordingly. We will examine life patterns, their roots, and how they diminish your performance.
Ready to Hone Your Edge?
Contact me for a consultation.