ABSTRACT

Sport psychology is a competitive profession with rigorous and demanding entry routes in terms of education, training and accreditation. Once qualified, the sport psychology practitioner will face complex, day-to-day professional challenges of the kind not always covered in conventional sport psychology textbooks. Becoming a Sport Psychologist is the first book to reveal the reality of working in sport psychology through the personal perspectives and narratives of some of the world’s leading sport psychologists, top professionals with many years experience of working at every level of sport, from amateur to elite, in consulting and support roles, and in sport psychology research.

With each chapter focusing on a key issue or issues in professional practice, each contributing psychologist discusses their own education, training and professional experience, their personal motivation and their approach to consulting and delivery, helping the reader to develop a rounded understanding of how to succeed in sport psychology. The book also explores key professional issues such as intervention style, work-life balance and the commercial aspects of sport psychology practice not covered in other books, plus it offers a summary of typical education and training routes and additional information on professional organisations and accreditation schemes. Becoming a Sport Psychologist is invaluable reading for anybody considering a career in sport psychology, or any practising sport psychologist looking to extend and develop their professional skills.

chapter 1|5 pages

Introduction

part I|12 pages

Psychiatry

part II|54 pages

Physical Education

part III|11 pages

Counselling Psychology

chapter 9|9 pages

It's All About Relationships

A counseling approach to sport psychology consulting

part IV|33 pages

Psychology

chapter 11|9 pages

Adventures in Cognitive Sport Psychology

From theory to practice…and back again

chapter 12|7 pages

Sporting Success

‘You do know you won't come out of your Master's and get a job with Manchester United, don't you?’

chapter 13|6 pages

Sweet Dreams are Made of These

My journey to 2012

part V|18 pages

Clinical Psychology

chapter 15|8 pages

No Man is an Island

Building a career in sport and performance psychology through teamwork

chapter |4 pages

Afterword