The use of counselling principles and skills to develop practitioner-athlete relationships by practitioners who provide sport psychology support
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Longstaff, F. and Gervis, M. 2016. The use of counselling principles and skills to develop practitioner-athlete relationships by practitioners who provide sport psychology support. The Sport Psychologist. 30 (3), pp. 276-289. https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2015-0029
Type | Article |
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Title | The use of counselling principles and skills to develop practitioner-athlete relationships by practitioners who provide sport psychology support |
Authors | Longstaff, F. and Gervis, M. |
Abstract | This study examined how practitioners who provide sport psychology support use counselling principles and skills to develop practitioner-athlete relationships. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with thirteen competent practitioners (Mean age = 41.2 ± 10.9 years old, five men, eight women). Thematic analysis revealed that the participants used a range of counselling principles to develop practitioner-athlete relationships including: the facilitative conditions, self-disclosure, counselling skills, the formation of working alliances, and awareness of the unreal relationship. The participants also described using non-counselling strategies (e.g., gaining an understanding of the athlete’s sporting environment) to build relationships with their athletes. There was considerable variation between the participants both in the training that they had received in counselling principles and skills, and how they applied them. It was concluded that counselling principles and skills play a significant role in the development of practitioner-athlete relationships. |
Research Group | Sports Psychology at the London Sport Institute |
Publisher | Human Kinetics |
Journal | The Sport Psychologist |
ISSN | 0888-4781 |
Publication dates | |
01 Sep 2016 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 22 Apr 2016 |
Accepted | 07 Apr 2016 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | |
Copyright Statement | Accepted author manuscript version reprinted, by permission, from The Sport Psychologist, 2016, 36 (3): 276-289, http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2015-0029. © 2016 Human Kinetics, Inc. |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2015-0029 |
Language | English |
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