Han is a Sport and Exercise Psychologist in training (SEPiT) with CASES, academic researcher and lecturer, qualified personal trainer and exercise coach, training provider and speaker, and has a PhD in Sport and Exercise Psychology from Loughborough University. Han runs Newman Sport Psychology, a sport, performance, exercise and health and wellbeing psychology consultancy, alongside their work in academic teaching and research. They have previously been Programme Leader for the MSc in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Middlesex University, and their research specialises in the psychology of sport, exercise, and physical activity participation and engagement.

Han works with a range of people, teams and organisations across sport and performance contexts, as well as exercise, health, fitness and wellbeing contexts, providing bespoke support on an individual, team/group and/or organisational level. 

In sport and performance contexts, Han works with individuals to develop a psychological approach that enables them to perform to their potential, as well as with wider teams and organisations to develop and strengthen their high performing culture. Han's work in this area currently includes work within a professional women's cricket setup, leading the psychology provision for young cricketers on the Emerging Player Programme. Additionally, Han has worked with a number of individuals across performance contexts including the military, academy football, and strength sport.

In exercise, health and wellbeing contexts, Han supports people to improve their relationship with exercise so that they can make positive change to their health and fitness approach in a way that aligns with their wider life, values and priorities. The emphasis is on building an approach that supports people to add to their quality of life, rather than a restrictive one that detracts from it. Han works on individual and group levels with people who struggle to make exercise and physical activity a regular part of their life, and/or those who feel that their current relationship with exercise is having a negative impact on their wellbeing.

On a corporate and organisational level, Han contributes to employee health and wellbeing programmes with an emphasis on supporting busy professionals to make long-term, sustainable exercise, health and wellbeing change. Han also provides bespoke support to organisations to help them develop a supportive culture that promotes psychological safety for their employees, as well as supporting employees to provide a psychologically safe environment for their clients, customers or attendees (where relevant). For example, Han recently supported staff at an education charity who use sport to support youth development to create psychological safety for the young people they work with.

Han previously competed in strength sport events, but now enjoys lifting heavy things more casually, amongst other forms of activity that they enjoy! Away from work, Han can often be found watching sport, enjoying a beer in a (preferably sunny) location by the water, or having a dance!

Professional Memberships & Registrations

Sport & Exercise Psychologist in Training (SEPiT) - Chartered Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (CASES).

CIMSPA Registered L3 Personal Trainer Practitioner.

Chartered Psychologist status (by research - CPsychol) with the British Psychological Society (BPS).

Professional Member of the Chartered Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (CASES).

Academic Qualifications

PhD (2020) Sport and Exercise Psychology and Sociology. Loughborough University.

MSc Psychology of Sport and Exercise (2015). Loughborough University.

MSc Psychology (2014). Middlesex University.

BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science (2013). Middlesex University.