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 | May 12, 2022 | Sports psych profession, Sports Psychology
Obviously athletes. But only athletes? There are far more sport psychology students graduating from MSc courses than are needed to work with athletes – but the skills we can teach and the approaches we use work with a huge group of people – so here are 11 other...
by Josephine Perry | Apr 19, 2022 | Athlete Wellbeing, Bounce Back, Sports psych profession, Sports Psychology
Psychology is the study of human behaviour. Sport psychology then helps us use our knowledge of behaviour in a sporting environment to reduce unhelpful behaviours, build positive ones and maximise success. That success might be focused on enjoyment, getting healthier,...
by Josephine Perry | Mar 23, 2022 | Books, News, Sports Psychology
The last two years have been ummm… interesting. For some they have been really tough. For others just different. A few thrived despite all the ambiguity. Most of us didn’t. I loved the phrase being used a lot at the start of the pandemic of ‘we might all be in...
by Josephine Perry | Dec 7, 2021 | Athlete Wellbeing, Exercise psychology, Motivation, News, Performance Psychology, Sports Psychology
Sport Psychology and coaching Exploring sport coaching and psychology Open University This looks at the influence of coaching and psychology through the lens of sports people and teams who have been successful. In it you focus on coaching practices used with young...
by Josephine Perry | Nov 29, 2021 | Sports psych profession, Sports Psychology
It can be really hard to make a career in sport or performance psychology. It is expensive to train (I estimate it cost me at least £25,000) and difficult to know if there will be a job to go to or if you want to build your own business. I get dozens of emails asking...
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