Being a Sport Psychologist

What makes a great sport psychologist? Is there an ideal style or approach? What do you need to consider when working with a client?In this practical guide, Richard Keegan presents a user-friendly model of the sport psychologist''s consulting processes and offers a framework for understanding best practice. Whether you are a trainee or a qualified sport psychologist, this book will help you to deliver a consistent, transparent, effective and ethical service at all levels of sport. B g a Sport Psychologist :- Provides a clear and coherent model which accommodates different styles, philosophies and experience levels;- Contains worksheets to help you record, evaluate, understand and reflect; - Offers a range of useful case studies and examples;- Is the first book to describe the process of being a sport psychologist from beginning to end.>

List of contents

1. Introduction and Overview
2. Ethical Considerations: Protecting the client, yourself and your profession
3. Philosophical Assumptions: The aims, the landscape, and the strategy
4. The Intake Process: Establishing a relationship, aims, expectations, and boundaries
5. Needs Analysis: Establishing needs, skills, demands and goals
6. Case Formulation: Creating a working model
7. Choosing a Support Strategy: Case formulations, evidence and professional judgement
8. Planning the Support Programme
9. Delivery and Monitoring (... and Knowing When You're Finished)
10. Quality Assurance Processes: Recording, reflecting and supervision.

About the author

Richard Keegan is Assistant Professor in Sport and Exercise Psychology at the University of Canberra, Australia.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Keegan, Richard (University of Canberra Keegan, Keegan Richard
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2015
• EAN: 9781137300898
• ISBN: 978-1-137-30089-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; B, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Sport Psychology, Sports—Psychological aspects