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So you want to be a Sport & Exercise
Psychologist?
Dr. Joanne Thatcher
Aberystwyth University
Chair: Division of Sport & Exercise Psychology
Session Overview
• Routes to becoming a Chartered Sport & Exercise
Psychologist
• Key roles and competencies involved in qualification
• Qualification process
• What do Sport & Exercise Psychologists do?
• Why become Chartered?
• What is Statutory Regulation?
Why?
• Identify your own reasons for considering a career as
a Sport & Exercise Psychologist.
• Identify your own reasons for qualifying as a
Chartered Sport & Exercise Psychologist.
Qualifying as S/E Psychologist: Overview
Psychology degree
with GBR
Stage 1
BPS Accredited MSc in
Sport & Exercise Psychology
Stage 2
Two years of supervision
by a Chartered Sport &
Exercise Psychologist
Key Roles for Sport & Exercise Psychologists
• Key Role 1: Develop, implement and maintain personal and
professional standards and ethical practice
• Key Role 2: Apply psychological and related methods,
concepts, models, theories and knowledge derived from
reproducible findings
• Key Role 3: research and develop new and existing
psychological methods, concepts, models, theories and
instruments in psychology
• Key Role 4: Communicate psychological knowledge, principles,
methods, needs and policy requirements
Dimensions of Qualifications
• Knowledge Dimension
– Stage 1
• Research Dimension
– Stage 1
– Stage 2
• Practice Dimension
– Stage 2
Stage 1
Accredited MSc Courses
Course Title Institution
Sport & Exercise Psychology Bangor University
Sport & Exercise Psychology University of Central Lancashire
Sport & Exercise Psychology University of Chichester
Sports Psychology Liverpool John Moore’s University
Sport and Performance Psychology London Metropolitan university
Psychology of Sport & Exercise Loughborough University
Sport & Exercise Psychology Northumbria University
Sport & Exercise Psychology Staffordshire University
Stage 1
MSc Core Components
Research Methods Project planning
• Quantitative Methods • Research design
• Qualitative Methods • Ethical approval
• Dissemination of project plans
• Liaison with external agencies
Professional Skills/Counselling Empirical Research Project
• BPS Code of conduct
• Ethics
• Counselling Skills
• Reflective Practice
• Communication skills
• Awareness of cognate disciplines
• Equal opportunities
Stage 1
MSc Additional Taught Components
Performance Social processes
• motor skills • interpersonal and communication skills
• practice techniques • team cohesion
• cognition, learning and perception • group identity
• trust, cooperation and competition
• leadership
Psychological Skills Exercise and Physical Activity
• arousal and anxiety • determinants (e.g. motives, barriers & adherence)
• confidence • outcomes in relation to mood, self-esteem, and
• coping and techniques such as relaxation, goal cognition
setting, biofeedback, imagery, stress inoculation • problems of addiction and injury
Lifespan issues Individual differences
• Early-life • personality
• Mid-life • motivation
• Later-life • gender
• special groups such as the elite and the disabled
• talent identification
Process Involved in Enrolling for Training (Stage 2)
Provide evidence
of GBR and completion
of Stage 1 training
Engage a supervisor
Submit application to enrol
Obtain In Training Membership of DSEP
and Conditional Registration
Stage 2 Training Components
Component Minimum Minimum Indicative Indicative
hours days hours days
Teaching & 80 10 160 20
dissemination (30C) (60C)
activities
Sport/Exercise 1200 150 2000 250
consultancy (400C) (650C)
work
Research 1200 150 2000 250
project
CPD 160 20 200 25
3680 hours
460 days
What Do You Do During Stage 2 Training?
• Key Role 1: Ethical • Key Role 2: Consultancy
competence competence
– Systems for professional – Assess requests
standards – Plan, conduct, monitor
– CPD maintenance and evaluate
– Respond to consultancy
unpredictable contexts – Client relationships
What Do You Do During Stage 2 Training?
• Key Role 3: Research • Key Role 4: Communication
competence competence
– Provide advice
– Systematic review – Communicate on processes
– Design and conduct and applications
research – Prepare and present evidence
– Analyse data – Provide feedback to clients
Stage 2 Assessment Processes
• Portfolio of Competence
– Practice diary and reflective log
– Supervision reports Key roles 1, 2, 4
– Supporting evidence
– Option 1
• Report of an empirical research investigation OR
Scientifically grounded case study (9 - 12,000 words)
– Option 2
KR 3
• Report of a systematic literature review (7,000 words)
• Report of an empirical research study OR
Scientifically grounded case study (4, 000 words)
• Oral assessment of Portfolio
Stage 2 Submission Process
0 months • Application for enrolment/Request for approval of supervisor
• Plan of training
• Application for AEC (where appropriate)
• Fees
6 months • Two supervisory meeting records
• 6 month supervisory report
12 months • Two supervisory meeting records
• One annual supervisory report
• Annual supervisee report comprising: competency checklist; practice diary/log; updated
training plan
• First case study (2,500 words)
• Fees (annual maintenance)
18 months • Two supervisory meeting records
• 18 month supervisory report
• Second case study (2,500 words)
24 months • Two supervisory meeting records
• One annual supervisory report
• Final practice report comprising: final competency checklist, practice diary/log
and updated training plan
• Third and fourth case studies (2,500 words each)
• Research submission and research supervisor’s report
What Will It Cost Me?
• Enrolment fee including the £528.75
fee for approval of your
supervisor
• Annual maintenance fee £470
• Assessment fee £1069.28
£2068.03
What do Sport & Exercise Psychologists Do?
• Sport context
– Amateur to elite
– Athletes, coaches, officials
• Exercise context
– Sedentary or regular exercisers
– Cardiac rehabilitation & GP referral schemes
What do Sport & Exercise Psychologists Do?
The gymnast who froze…
…Lost Move Syndrome
Who was the client?
• 15 year old male gymnast
• 10 years of experience
• 10.5 hours training per week
• North of England age group
• National Championships in 6 weeks
Finding out the problem
• Initial approach from coaches
• In-depth discussion with athlete
• Follow-up discussions with coaches
• Areas of concern
– Vault
– Floor
– High bar………the problem
ATHLETE'S COMMENTS COACHES' COMMENTS
General confidence is a key aspect to focus on. Generally lacks confidence.
Hates the high bar. Believes he will hurt himself even though the
environment is safe.
Can’t perform the backwards dismount on the high Avoids any remote chance of hurting himself.
bar.
Has hit the bar a few times when dismounting; He has natural ability and so gives up when hard
since then, his dismounts have been poor. work is needed to develop a skill.
Doesn’t like being disorientated during the He worries about injury.
dismount.
Would prefer to perform a forwards dismount; feels He doesn’t have to do anything he doesn’t want to
safe performing this dismount as he’s never hit the at home so gives up when hard work is needed.
bar doing it before.
When things go wrong, he questions himself, e.g., He doesn’t focus in at the right times.
“What’s going wrong? Why can’t I do it?”
Thinking about performing the dismount puts him
off his routine.
So what did we aim to do?
• Increase his general confidence
• Increase his confidence in his high bar competence
and safety
• Increase his focus on the high bar
• Achieve consistent performance on the backwards
dismount
How did we do it?
Increasing General Increasing work output
Confidence
Identified factors needed for success
Identified personal
competencies & Identified personal areas to work on
qualities
Recorded weekly
achievements
How did we do it?
Increasing focus on high bar Increasing confidence in high
bar competence and safety
Developed imagery routine
Identified concentration aspects of
high bar
Developed a pre-performance
routine
Competition preparation
• Dealing with • Strategies
– Imagery practice
– Unfamiliar environment – Discussion of
competition
• Goals
– Hard landing surfaces
• Preparation
• General feelings
– Altered environmental
cues
– Competition routine
– Environmental
familiarisation
Did it work?
Increased focus on target skill
Prevented athlete avoiding challenge
Target skill achieved
A Typical Week for a Sport & Exercise
Psychologist
• 15-20 hour long sessions with • Once a week/fortnight attendance
individuals at match/training/motor racing
• 1-2 meetings/phone calls with testing/in gym
other professionals regarding • 2 hours media work
clients (e.g., fitness instructor, • 1.5 hours supervision every 3
team manager) weeks to discuss cases/ethical
• 3 hours academic writing (e.g., and professional issues
currently text book • Ongoing CPD activities e.g.
chapter)/visiting lecturing attendance at workshops,
• Approx 4 hours work with conferences, reading and
organisations attendance at applied sport and
exercise group meetings
What is a Chartered Psychologist?
“I love being a sport and exercise
• Entered on the Register of psychologist because of the diversity
Chartered Psychologists and the challenging nature of the
work. You can find yourself giving a
– GBR lecture, writing a book chapter,
conducting research, speaking to the
– Specialised training media or consulting with a sport or
exercise participant. It is enjoyable,
– Judged fit to practise challenging and particularly when
consulting can be a very rewarding
– Abides by the BPS Code experience.”
of Conduct (Dr. Marc Jones, Staffordshire University)
Why Become a Chartered Sport & Exercise
Psychologist?
• Chartered Psychologists agree to: • BPS offers
– maintain and develop their
professional competence – Competency and career
– work within their
competence development
– obtain proper consent before – Professional network
intervening with or treating
clients – Professional services and
– respect confidences products
– Conduct themselves to
prevent damage to clients
and the profession
Standard of Competence
What’s Statutory Regulation All About?
• The Health Professions Council (HPC) will shortly
become the regulatory body for psychologists
• Calling yourself a Sport & Exercise Psychologist if
you’re not on the HPC Register will be a criminal
offence
• GBR is still required for entry onto PG training courses
• HPC will automatically approve existing training
routes for entry onto the HPC Register (Stage 2)
References
• Qualification in Sport and Exercise Psychology (Stage
2): Candidate Handbook.
• Registration as a Chartered Psychologist document
• http://www.bps.org.uk/careers/accredited-courses/accredited-
courses_home.cfm?action=results&level_of_study=PGRD&in_id=all&pg_cat=DSEP
TC&submit=Search
• http://www.bps.org.uk/careers/what-do-
psychologists-do/areas/sport.cfm
So you want to be a Sport & Exercise
Psychologist?
Dr. Joanne Thatcher
Aberystwyth University
Chair: Division of Sport & Exercise Psychology
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