{"id":4195,"date":"2025-09-04T14:33:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therefpsychologist.de\/about\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:09:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T08:09:50","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/therefpsychologist.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4195\" class=\"elementor elementor-4195 elementor-3733\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e9304c e-flex e-con-boxed sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3e9304c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9f00c1 elementor-widget__width-initial trx-addons-animate sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-trx_elm_advanced_title\" data-id=\"a9f00c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"trx_elm_advanced_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"trx-addons-advanced-title\" style=\"--var-trx-addons-advanced-title-highlight-animation-duration: 2000ms;\">\n<span class=\"trx-addons-advanced-title-item trx-addons-advanced-title-item-text elementor-repeater-item-09d627b  trx-addons-advanced-title-item-highlighted trx-addons-advanced-title-color\">\"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.\" <\/span><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d92f45e e-flex e-con-boxed sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d92f45e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f04ced1 e-con-full e-flex sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f04ced1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dae180 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8dae180\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/therefpsychologist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KOERPERundGEIST_12082025_00049-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4196\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therefpsychologist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KOERPERundGEIST_12082025_00049-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/therefpsychologist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KOERPERundGEIST_12082025_00049-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/therefpsychologist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KOERPERundGEIST_12082025_00049-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therefpsychologist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KOERPERundGEIST_12082025_00049-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therefpsychologist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KOERPERundGEIST_12082025_00049-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/therefpsychologist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KOERPERundGEIST_12082025_00049-370x555.jpg 370w, https:\/\/therefpsychologist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KOERPERundGEIST_12082025_00049-924x1386.jpg 924w, https:\/\/therefpsychologist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KOERPERundGEIST_12082025_00049-410x615.jpg 410w, https:\/\/therefpsychologist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KOERPERundGEIST_12082025_00049-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d5b368 e-con-full e-flex sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6d5b368\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec03cb1 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec03cb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">As a sports psychologist and FIFA referee with over 15 years of experience in professional football, I have come to realize this: A crucial building block is missing in referee development &#8211; the psychology of the 90 minutes. Practical, precise, visible. How can we make good decisions or improve the quality of decisions if we don&#8217;t even know how the mind works?  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">I bring two perspectives together: the psychological mechanisms behind every decision and their application on the pitch.<\/span><br><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">My aim is to make the psychology of the 90 minutes understandable &#8211; and to integrate it into match management in such a way that further development and top performance become possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">I work with talents who want to grow systematically and with top referees who want to keep their performance at the highest level and make more precise decisions &#8211; always with the aim of refining the game with the help of psychology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">One percent better &#8211; game after game.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbd8456 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cbd8456\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/therefpsychologist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Stieler_weiss.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4199\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therefpsychologist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Stieler_weiss.png 1024w, https:\/\/therefpsychologist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Stieler_weiss-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/therefpsychologist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Stieler_weiss-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/therefpsychologist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Stieler_weiss-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/therefpsychologist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Stieler_weiss-370x370.png 370w, https:\/\/therefpsychologist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Stieler_weiss-90x90.png 90w, https:\/\/therefpsychologist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Stieler_weiss-924x924.png 924w, https:\/\/therefpsychologist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Stieler_weiss-410x410.png 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e52e840 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e52e840\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #e6fa05;\"><strong>Tobias Stieler | Sports psychologist &amp; FIFA referee<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Act as if what you do makes a difference. 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