Routledge Handbook of Applied Sport Psychology: A Comprehensive Guide for Students and Practitioners

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Applied sport psychology knowledge has advanced rapidly in recent years. Traditionally, literature focused primarily on a narrow range of topics associated with performance enhancement, giving rise to a model of helping labelled psychological skills training. Although the psychological skills training model has considerable value, the literature has broadened to address a greater diversity of athlete and team issues; a greater range of methods; and a greater recognition of the knowledge, skills, and attributes practitioners need to help clients. The first edition of the Routledge Handbook of Applied Sport Psychology was seminal work, bringing together the full range of knowledge and skills sport psychology practitioners needed to help clients. The second edition continues that vision and draws on the full range of related disciplines, including sport and exercise psychology, clinical psychology, and counselling psychology. This comprehensive range of topics provides professionals what they need to build strong relationships with athletes and enhance clients’ performance, mental health, well-being, happiness, and meaning in life. This new volume is the guide to the theory and practice of applied sport psychology. Adopting a holistic definition of the role of the sport psychology practitioner, it introduces the most effective tools and skills that sport psychology practitioners need to help their clients and explains how effective counselling, assessment, and therapeutic models add necessary dimensions to professional practice. This book is divided into seven thematic sections, addressing: Counselling Assessment Theoretical and therapeutic models Psychosocial issues presenting in individual athletes Psychosocial issues presenting in teams Inclusion in sport psychology Mental skills interventions Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Boxes Preface Acknowledgements List of Contributors Section I: Counselling 1 Therapeutic Relationships in Applied Sport Psychology 2 Attending and Listening 3 Training and Professional Development 4 Challenging and Confronting 5 Case Notes 6 Ethics in Sport and Performance Psychology 7 Ending the Story 8 Maltreatment and Mental Health 9 Practitioner Characteristics, Peer Consultation, and Self-Care Section II: Assessment 10 Client Intakes in Applied Sport Psychology 11 Individual and Group Observations 12 Psychological Assessment: Projective Techniques 13 Psychological Assessment: Objective Self-Report 14 Performance Profiling Section III: Theoretical and Therapeutic Models 15 Brief and Single-Session Therapy 16 Person-Centered Therapy 17 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 18 Positive Psychology 19 Existential Approaches 20 Psychodynamic Models 21 Teaching Life Skills in Youth Sport 22 Family Systems Intervention in Sport 23 Mindfulness Interventions in Sport 24 An Eastern Philosophical Approach Section IV: Psychological Issues Presenting in Athletes 25 Referring Clients to Other Professionals 26 Drug Use and Abuse in Sport 27 Eating Disorders in Competitive Athletes 28 Adherence to Sport Injury Rehabilitation 29 Career Transitions in Sport 30 Depression 31 Anxiety 32 Sleep 33 Athletic Identity 34 Overtraining 35 Sexual Misconduct in Sport 36 Applying Self-Compassion in Sport 37 Helping Athletes Cope with Developmental Crises Section V: Psychological Issues Presenting in Teams 38 Constructive Communication in Sport 39 The Importance of ‘We’ and ‘Us’ in Team Sport: Developing a Shared Social Identity 40 Understanding and Managing Conflict in Sport 41 Sport-Related Bullying and Hazing 42 Death of a Teammate 43 Leadership Section VI: Inclusion in Sport Psychology 44 Children 45 Masters Athletes 46 Professional Athletes 47 Sport Psychology at the Olympics 48 Inclusive Excellence: Embracing Diverse Sexual and Gender Identities in Sport 49 Rural Clients 50 Athletes with Physical and Sensory Disabilities 51 Athletes with Intellectual Impairment 52 Athletes with Sensory Disabilities 53 Culturally Competent Practitioners 54 Working with Non-Sporting Populations Section VII: Mental Skills 55 Arousal Management 56 Imagery 57 Motivation and Goal Setting 58 Attention in Sport 59 Self-Talk 60 Confidence 61 Self-Regulation 62 Pre-Performance Routines 63 Psychological Characteristics of Optimal Performance Index