Full Description
Professional Skills in Sport Psychology Consultancy raises awareness of intrapersonal and interpersonal professional practice skills. The book chapters focus on the aspiring practitioner's personal and professional development when working with all kinds of recipients of psychological support in sport including individual athletes, teams, coaches, parents, and administrators.
Organized in two sections - intrapersonal processes and interpersonal dynamics - this new book steers readers through the many subtle and complex factors that impact on the professional relationships that ultimately influence successful outcomes and provides guidance for students, researchers, and practitioners about the many intrapersonal and interpersonal processes involved in the working alliance, professional relationship, and sport psychology consultancy.
Professional Skills in Sport Psychology Consultancy is a core text for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate sport psychology students, sport psychologists undergoing professional training, and early career sport psychologists.
Contents
Section 1: Intrapersonal Processes
1. Psychologists are People Too
2. Reflective Practice as an Intrapersonal Process
3. Self-Care for the Sport Psychologist
4. Self-Disclosure in Sport Psychology Practice
5. Impression Management and Neophyte Sport Psychology Practitioners
Section 2: Interpersonal Dynamics
6. From Gaining Entry to Successful Entrances
7. Developing Rapport in Client-Practitioner Relationships
8. The Use of Humor in the Client-Practitioner Relationship
9. Navigating Critical Moments in Practice
10. Cultural Competence in Sport Psychology Relationships
11. The Subtleties of Doing Sport Psychology with Post-Pandemic Youth Athletes
12. Ethical Issues in Multidisciplinary Teams: Conflict of the Sport Psychologist Dual-Role
