Training and Supervision in Sport and Exercise Psychology

Training and Supervision in Sport and Exercise Psychology presents a labyrinth of choices and challenges for trainees and supervisors, such as training and supervision mixing the science of doing sport and exercise psychology with the art of judgment and decision-making to deliver services to athletes. With a multitude of skills to master and competencies to gain, trainees and supervisors need assurances about best practice in their field and the assessments they can trust.

Including cases, trainee autobiographical cases, and examples of good practice drawn from current and ex-trainees who have become sport psychology consultants this book aims to educate trainees how to deal competently with professional and ethical guidelines to get started in service delivery, set up placement, work with clients, use supervision effectively, conduct academic research, and write sound assessments before preparing for a viva voce and beginning the transition to the workplace. This book shall serve trainees and their supervisors on their journey through to qualified status.

Training and supervision to become a sport and exercise psychologist is of the utmost importance in the growing profession of sport and exercise psychology. Learning and mastery of professional skills in applied sport psychology service delivery is something this book aims to bring clarity, guidance and support to. This is key reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of sport and exercise psychology as well as those studying for professional doctorates and accredited sport and exercise scientists.