Training and Supervision in Sport and Exercise Psychology

Paul McCarthy, PhD, leads the taught doctorate in sport and exercise psychology at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. He is a BPS chartered psychologist, HCPC registered sport and exercise psychologist, and Senior Teaching Fellow. He developed the first taught doctorate in sport and exercise psychology in Scotland and the UK. Sahen Gupta, PhD, is a lecturer and practitioner in sport and exercise psychology at the University of Portsmouth, UK. He has published peer-reviewed papers in psychology and sport and exercise psychology in SCOPUS indexed journals, including in Frontiers in Psychology. He specialises in resilience, positive environments, integrative psychotherapy, and youth sport environments. Lindsey Burns, PhD, is a senior lecturer in psychology at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. Lindsey is a chartered psychologist with the British Psychological Society and an HCPC practitioner health psychologist. She is a Senior Fellow with AdvanceHE, a member of the BPS Division of Coaching Psychology and holds qualifications in coaching. Bryan McCann, PhD, is a BPS chartered sport and exercise psychologist and HCPC practitioner psychologist. Bryan provides psychological support to a range of national, international, and Olympic level athletes and teams in different sports, including football, golf, swimming, table tennis, and skiing and provides consultancy for organisations such as the Scottish FA, The Camanachd Association, Scottish Swimming, and Sport Scotland.

SECTION I

Getting Started

1 Being a Trainee Psychology Consultant

2 Setting the Scene: Guidelines for Ethical Professional Practice

3 Practice Philosophy and Style

4 Being a Reflective Practitioner

5 Working with Equality, Diversity, Inclusion

SECTION II

Getting Started with Service Delivery

6 Establishing a Placement

7 Getting Started with a Client

8 Preparing a Formulation

9 Delivering an Intervention

SECTION III

Writing for Assessment and Publication

10 Conducting and Publishing Academic Research

11 How to Write a Process Report

12 How to Write a Client Case Study

13 Presenting at a Conference

SECTION IV

The Supervisory Process

14 Seeking Supervision and Flourishing through It

15 A Supervisors’ View of Training and Supervision

16 A Trainee’s View of Training and Supervision

SECTION V

Endings and Beginnings

17 Referring a Client

18 Preparing for and Sitting Your Viva Voce

19 Jobs, Job Interviews, and CPD in Lifelong Learning