Training and Supervision in Sport and Exercise Psychology

This book presents choices and challenges for trainees and supervisors, such as training and supervision mixing the science of doing sport and psychology with the art of decision-making to deliver services to athletes.

Paul McCarthy, PhD, leads the taught doctorate in sport and exercise psychology at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. He is a BPS chartered psychologist, HCPC registered sport and exercise psychologist, and Senior Teaching Fellow. He developed the first taught doctorate in sport and exercise psychology in Scotland and the UK. Sahen Gupta, PhD, is a lecturer and practitioner in sport and exercise psychology at the University of Portsmouth, UK. He has published peer-reviewed papers in psychology and sport and exercise psychology in SCOPUS indexed journals, including in Frontiers in Psychology. He specialises in resilience, positive environments, integrative psychotherapy, and youth sport environments. Lindsey Burns, PhD, is a senior lecturer in psychology at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. Lindsey is a chartered psychologist with the British Psychological Society and an HCPC practitioner health psychologist. She is a Senior Fellow with AdvanceHE, a member of the BPS Division of Coaching Psychology and holds qualifications in coaching. Bryan McCann, PhD, is a BPS chartered sport and exercise psychologist and HCPC practitioner psychologist. Bryan provides psychological support to a range of national, international, and Olympic level athletes and teams in different sports, including football, golf, swimming, table tennis, and skiing and provides consultancy for organisations such as the Scottish FA, The Camanachd Association, Scottish Swimming, and Sport Scotland.

SECTION I Getting Started 1 Being a Trainee Psychology Consultant 2 Setting the Scene: Guidelines for Ethical Professional Practice 3 Practice Philosophy and Style 4 Being a Reflective Practitioner 5 Working with Equality, Diversity, Inclusion SECTION II Getting Started with Service Delivery 6 Establishing a Placement 7 Getting Started with a Client 8 Preparing a Formulation 9 Delivering an Intervention SECTION III Writing for Assessment and Publication 10 Conducting and Publishing Academic Research 11 How to Write a Process Report 12 How to Write a Client Case Study 13 Presenting at a Conference SECTION IV The Supervisory Process 14 Seeking Supervision and Flourishing through It 15 A Supervisors' View of Training and Supervision 16 A Trainee's View of Training and Supervision SECTION V Endings and Beginnings 17 Referring a Client 18 Preparing for and Sitting Your Viva Voce 19 Jobs, Job Interviews, and CPD in Lifelong Learning