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Enjoy sports. Sports organizations for young people may hire a sport psychologist to educate coaches about how to help kids enjoy sports and how to promote healthy self-esteem in participants. Sports psychology can even help people off the playing field. The same strategies that sport psychologists teach athletes—relaxation techniques, mental ...
After withdrawing from the Tokyo Games in 2020, gymnast Simone Biles spoke publicly about her weekly therapy sessions and how they’ve helped her return stronger than before. British swimmer Adam Peaty, who has grappled with depression and alcohol problems, returned this year to claim the silver medal in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke.
Pro sports teams—especially in Major League Baseball (MLB)—have expanded access to performance psychology resources in recent years, says Courtney Albinson, PhD, a sport psychologist at Northwestern University and president of APA Div. 47 (Society for Sport, Exercise & Performance Psychology).
tive therapy, adapted to be unique and specific to athletic populations. Each session includes educational, experiential, discussion, and home practice components, guid-ing MSPE participants through a structured, easy-to-follow protocol that allows them to learn about mindfulness through their own experience and the experiences of others.
So what I want people to know is that sport psychology isn't simply doing therapy with athletes, there's more to it, and a lot of that encompasses the mental performance that you mentioned. And so what we're trying to do with enhancing performance is helping athletes to perform consistently at the upper level of their capabilities, and we work ...
“It takes mental health out of the shadows and elevates the clinician as an important part of each organization’s success,” says Carr, who works as part of an integrative support team that includes sports medicine physicians, athletic trainers, dietitians, player engagement staff, and strength and conditioning specialists.
Scant data notwithstanding, it's apparent that combining exercise and therapy accomplishes at least one important goal: helping people do two healthy things they might otherwise put off. "With exercise, you often hear excuses like, ‘I don't have enough time.'" says Joshua. "A lot of times, people don't want to take the time to do therapy either.
“Group therapy isn’t just individual therapy in a group,” says Martyn Whittingham, PhD, an Ohio counseling psychologist and president of APA’s Div. 49 (Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy). “It has its own techniques, its own processes and its own strategies, and unless you really understand those, you’re going to ...
Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology ® is the official publication of APA Division 47 (Society for Sport, Exercise & Performance Psychology).
Additionally, excluding any subset of girls from sports can encourage divisiveness and compromise group cohesion, undermining the benefits all youth deserve from team sports (ACLU, 2020). All youth should have access to the benefits of sports. For these reasons and many others, we are asking you to oppose [bill number and name]. Feel free to ...