by Josephine Perry | Aug 20, 2022 | Athlete Wellbeing, Media, Social media
This week I had my first ever work experience student. Amelia Casey is just about to begin her third year at Birmingham Uni studying Psychology and she wanted to find out if Sport Psychology is a career she would enjoy. Much of my work as a Sport Psychologist is...
by Josephine Perry | Aug 18, 2022 | 10 Pillars of Success, News, Performance Psychology
On Sunday night two football managers (Antonio Conte and Thomas Tuchel) watched their teams play at the Chelsea v Tottenham game – lost some emotional control and had a bust up. They both received Red Cards. I rarely comment publicly on the psychology of football...
by Josephine Perry | Aug 18, 2022 | 10 Pillars of Success, Improve, News, Performance Psychology
One of the hardest areas I find to work on with athletes is purpose. Why should they care about that when they just want to run fast / score more goals / jump better? But those who do want to figure out there find so many benefits. A powerful purpose gives you a...
by Josephine Perry | Aug 18, 2022 | Athlete Wellbeing, Sports psych profession, Sports Psychology
A psychological approach called ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) is becoming increasingly popular in sport psychology. It is the approach I use – it can be a little hard to understand what the process is – so I saw this new paper from Laura Swettenham and Amy...
by Josephine Perry | Aug 12, 2022 | Book reviews, Books
I rarely review fiction as it doesn’t usually fit in the sport psychology genre. However, athletes struggle with mental health issues just as much as the rest of us so to find books that accurately describe psychological issues, portray and discuss them in a way that...
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