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"" Many sport psychology texts focus on what to do -- relaxation, imagery, etc. This is the first text to focus directly on the how of doing sport psychology. Doing Sport Psychology involves much more than the standard techniques such as goal setting and positive self-talk. Counselors' personalities, the history of their relationships with athletes, the interaction of individual psychologists and athletes with entire teams--these factors are at least as important as the application of standard procedures. This book reveals in intimate detail the process of sport psychology at work. The text, edited by psychologist Mark B. Andersen, includes -details of sessions directed by professionals using a variety of models: cognitive-behavioral, rational-emotive, performance enhancement, developmental, and psychodynamic; -transcripts of dialogue between counselors and athletes in many different sports, which clearly demonstrate what sport psychology sessions actually sound like; -descriptive commentaries on why the psychologists chose the therapeutic path they did and what other options they might have chosen; and -specifics on how a wide variety of people--including coaches, physical therapists, and other professionals who work with athletes and performers--administer sport psychology. Part I, """"Getting Started,"""" details first encounters, intake sessions, and establishment of working relationships. Removing psychological barriers to optimal performance and managing athletes' inevitable stressors are covered here. In every instance, actual session transcripts reveal how counselors related to people in specific situations. Part II, """"From the Applied Sport Psychology Canon,"""" covers traditional topics such as goal setting, relaxation, imagery, and self-talk. But these interventions are not as easy to deliver as some texts imply. The focus here is on how such techniques are applied in real-life situations. Part III, """"Beyond Performance Enhancement: Working With and Working Through,"""" reveals what clinical/counseling sessions with athletes really sound like. Performance-enhancing sessions often expose deeper clinical issues such as personal loss, depression, or eating disorders. Part IV, """"The Study of Service: From Supervision to Complex Delivery,"""" deals with advanced topics. Some of the world's most experienced sport psychologists provide their insight regarding supervising others who deliver psychological services, dealing with interns, and developing long-term relationships with elite athletes. Part V, """"Branching Out: Other Practitioners, Other Settings,"""" provides details of sessions with injured athletes, cross country runners, athletes who are retiring from professional sports, and even a musician (illustrating how sport psychology is broadly applicable to any endeavor where performance is important). This book provides powerful and revealing insights into how sport psychology is done by the people who do it best. Mark B. Andersen began this book for use with his own graduate students. It is the book he wishes he had when he was in graduate school. It is now available to all! ""

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Author:   Mark B. Anderson
Publisher:   Human Kinetics Publishers
Imprint:   Human Kinetics Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9780736000864

ISBN 10:   0736000860
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   28 July 2000
Recommended Age:   From 18 To 99
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Beginnings - intakes and the initiation of relationships; removing psychological barriers -clearing the way; the littlefoot approach to learned resourcefulness - managing stress on and off the field; relax it ain't easy (or is it?) listening to self-talk, hearing self-concept; doing imagery in the field; targeting futures - goal setting for professional sports; the sadness in sport - working with a depressed and suicidal athlete; counselling athletes with eating disorders - a case example; looking for help, grieving love lost - the case of C; sport psychology supervision I - from models to doing; sport psychology supervision II - a case study ; first internship experiences, or, what I did on holiday; into the Maelstrom - a five-year relationship from College Ball; doing sport psychology at the really big show; doing sport psychology with injured athletes; doing sport psychology in the coaching role; leaving sport - easing career transitions; breaking out - doing sport psychology.

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Mark B. Andersen, PhD, is an associate professor at Victoria University's School of Human Movement, Recreation, and Performance and the Centre for Rehabilitation, Exercise, and Sport Sciences. He is the first professional practice editor of The Sport Psychologist and is a leading contributor to the areas of supervision and the education and training of applied sport psychologists. His 1988 article with Jean Williams in JSEP, A Model of Stress and Athletic Injury: Prediction and Prevention, is a modern classic that has formed a foundation for a major line of research. Currently residing in St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia, Dr. Andersen does cross-country and downhill skiing and also enjoys rollerblading and sailing in his spare time.

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