Developing Sport Psychology Within Your Clinical Practice: A Practical Guide for Mental Health Professionals

By Jack J. Lesyk

Book Overview

Revitalize your current practice Dr. Lesyk has drawn masterfully from the helping professions and the exercise sciences to present a detailed map of the intersections of psychotherapy, exercise, mental skills, and athletic performance. Above all, this is a ?useful' book. --Mark B. Andersen, coordinator, Post Graduate Research Studies, Centre for Rehabilitation, Exercise, & Sport Science, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia Apply the winning techniques of sport psychology to your current practice'and in so doing, attract a new population of clients, including both serious and recreational athletes, women, seniors, and kids at all levels of skill and experience. The author, a successful clinical and sport psychologist, gives detailed advice on the best way to include sport psychology in an existing practice. He also demonstrates how to apply cognitive-behavioral and social learning theories within a sport psychology context. Filled with illustrative examples, this book provides suggestions for using sport psychology techniques when working with common nonsport-related issues, such as depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem. Also covered are clinical techniques for sport-specific issues, including training, competition, injury, failure, and success.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787940461
• ISBN13: 9780787940461
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.4" x 0.8" x 6.3"