Becoming a Sport Psychologist (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Mccarthy, Paul; Jones, Marc

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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. 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136317989
• Artikelnr.: 39449368

Autorenporträt

Paul McCarthy is a Lecturer in Psychology at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. His research examines issues in applied sport psychology and emotional and attentional processes in sport performers. He has previously published a book on single-case research methods in sport and exercise psychology. Marc Jones is a Reader in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Staffordshire University, UK. He has published over forty academic papers mostly in the area of stress and emotion. He is a registered Sport Psychologist (HCPC) and is currently working as a consultant in professional football.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Psychiatry On becoming a sportpsych practitioner Physical
Education From balls to psychology On becoming a sport psychology
consultant: what a long strange trip it's been The long and winding road:
becoming an applied sport psychology practitioner "A funny thing happened
on the way through my PhD!" How I became a sport psychologist When you come
to a fork in the road, take it! Counselling Psychology It's all about
relationships: A counselling approach to sport psychology consulting
Psychology The (sport) psychologist in spite of himself Adventures in
cognitive sport psychology: from theory to practice ... and back again
Sporting Success Sweet dreams are made of these: my journey to 2012
Clinical Psychology From clinical science to sport research and
intervention No man is an island: building a career in sport and
performance psychology through teamwork Sport Science
Practitioner-scientist or scientist-practitioner? Becoming a sport
psychologist: from Don Bradman to Luke Skywalker "It took me 10 years to
become an overnight success" A glance at the 'to do' list of Dr Zoe
Knowles....from Olympic park to local children's centre in a day Afterword