Most sports psychologists begin with an undergraduate degree in psychology or sports psychology. They go on to obtain a master’s degree or doctorate in sports psychology and apply for licensure.Sports psychologists can workat universities, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, sports teams, the military,...
Many people are reluctant to go to a physician out of fear. Many athletes also steer clear of sports psychologists out of fear, and worse, the social stigma that still exists when asking for mental help. When an athlete does call a sports psychologist, it is often when all else has faile...
They are distinguished by psychologists as im- plicit and explicit motives (Wegner & Schüler, 2015). Here, only the implicit motives (e.g., achievement motive) are related to physiological (e.g., endocrine) parameters (Wegner & Schüler, 2015). To this end, Wegner and Teubel (2014) ...
I have been to countless psychiatrists, psychologists, counsellors and naturopaths. One Jungian psychiatrist I saw was an avid table tennis player. The psych informed me I wouldn’t be able to resolve my sleep problems until I addressed whatever issues were plaguing me from my childhood. When I...