This book describes a systems approach for fostering the mental health of athletes, coaches, and staff in sport organizations at professional, collegiate, and secondary school levels. Through this approach, readers can collaborate effectively with a range of professionals in sport organizations, helping to create a mentally healthy entity.
A Resource Guide for Practitioners
The book provides a systematic framework for establishing and maintaining effective sport psychology programs across various levels, including professional organizations, colleges, and secondary schools. It serves as a resource guide for practitioners, detailing essential strategies and best practices to ensure these programs are comprehensive and sustainable, ultimately enhancing athletes' mental performance and well-being.
A Resource Guide for Practitioners
Focusing on practical engagement, this guide outlines the four phases of human services practice. It provides practitioners with strategies and insights to enhance their effectiveness in various settings. Emphasizing a hands-on approach, the book addresses critical skills and methodologies essential for successful client interactions and outcomes. By integrating theory with real-world applications, it aims to empower professionals to navigate the complexities of human services with confidence and competence.
A Systems Approach to Developing a Mentally Healthy Sport Organization
Focusing on a systems approach, this book provides strategies for enhancing the mental health of athletes, coaches, and staff within sport organizations across various levels. It emphasizes collaboration among professionals to cultivate a supportive and mentally healthy environment in sports, making it a valuable resource for those involved in athletic programs.
Developing and Sustaining Sport Psychology Programs: A Resource Guide for Practitioners outlines a systemic approach to creating comprehensive, sustainable sport psychology programs in professional sports organizations, colleges and universities, and secondary school levels. Based on the author's more than thirty years of professional experience, this volume presents a framework that delineates methods for designing, implementing, and evaluating sport psychology programs, discussing topics such as needs assessment and client identification. Featuring real-world experiences and clear, non-technical writing, this step-by-step guide can be applied to a range of sport psychology programs including mental skills, life skills, coach education, leadership training, and team development programs. Developing and Sustaining Sport Psychology Programs details a program development process that has been applied successfully at the professional, collegiate, and secondary school levels over a more than thirty-year period. It has contributed to the development of sport psychology programs that have sustained themselves over the course of time, and is an essential text for sport psychologists and mental skills coaches at all levels as well as graduate students and other professionals in the field.