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...
by Josephine Perry | Aug 4, 2022 | Book reviews, Books
To become a sport psychologist as an adult your first step is often taking a MSc Psychology conversion course. Essentially this involved taking the key undergrad modules in a year so that we have covered the basics. One of these modules was cognitive psychology. It...
by Josephine Perry | Aug 2, 2022 | Book reviews, Books
If you want nice, ‘easy to digest with lots of lightbulb moment’ performance psychology tweets, Steve Magness (@stevemagness) is the guy to follow. To get all the wisdom in one book he has just bought out ‘Do Hard Things’. I was a little wary from the title. As a...
by Josephine Perry | Jul 8, 2022 | 10 Pillars of Success, News
The current political situation in the UK means there is going to be a lot of chat and analysis over the next few weeks on what makes a good leader. From all the research I did for The 10 Pillars of Success here is why I think good leadership needs to be based around...
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