Professional Skills in Sport Psychology Consultancy

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.

Brian Hemmings, PhD is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Sport Psychology at The University of Winchester UK. Brian is a Registered Sport and Exercise Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS), and a Fellow of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES). He has published extensively in applied sport psychology including co-authoring five books, 15 book chapters and over 50 peer reviewed research articles. He has worked in sport psychology combining academic, supervisory, mentoring and applied roles since 1993, having 30 years of experience as a consultant psychologist across multiple sports in a variety of training and competition environments. He has presented extensively worldwide to a variety of audiences including coaches, athletes, students, and psychologists. Tim Holder, PhD is a Registered Sport and Exercise Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS), and a Fellow of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES). Tim is an applied sport psychology consultant and supervisor to students working towards practitioner status in the UK. He is Programme Leader for the MSc in Applied Sport Psychology at the University of Winchester. Stacy Winter, DProf is an Associate Professor in Applied Sport Psychology at St Mary's University in Twickenham, London, UK. Her research work is primarily focused on developing professional practice in sport psychology, encompassing performance, well-being, and mental health. She has published widely across the sport psychology domain, in addition to external partner work in health-care settings, and multidisciplinary applied collaborations. Stacy sits on the editorial board for Case Studies in Sport and Exercise Psychology and reviews for every prestigious journal in the subject field. In addition to research activities, Stacy is a Registered Sport and Exercise Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS), and a British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) Accredited Practitioner. Her experience stems over 18-years of providing psychological support both within high-performance sporting environments and through consulting to a range of professional and Olympic sporting clients and organisations.

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