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Client-led applied sport psychology practitioners’ narratives about helping athletes

Tod, David
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McEwan, Hayley
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Cronin, Colum
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Lafferty, Moira
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Lancaster University; University of the West of Scotland; Liverpool John Moores University; University of Chester
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2023-10-06
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The current study explored how applied sport psychology practitioners adopting client-led stances described two of their athlete interactions. Applied sport psychology practitioners (8 females and 12 males, mean age = 33.76 years, SD = 4.70) describing themselves as client-led practitioners discussed two athlete consultancies during open-ended interviews. Data analysis involved examining the narrative structure of practitioners’ stories and identifying the features of client-led service-delivery present in the accounts. The participants’ stories reflected a collaborative empiricism narrative in which they collaborated with athletes to resolve client issues. The stories contained features of client-led Person-Centred Therapy and the use of practitioner-led techniques and interventions. The results point to applied implications, such as providing accounts of service delivery on which practitioners can reflect as they consider the ways they wish to help clients. Keywords: Applied Sport Psychology, Person-Centred Therapy, Helping 13 Relationships, Practitioner Characteristics, Mental Skills Training, Client-Led
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Tod, D., McEwan, H.E., Cronin C., & Lafferty, M. (2023). Client-led applied sport psychology practitioners’ narratives about helping athletes. The Sport Psychologist, 37(4), 287–296. https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2023-0070
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Human Kinetics
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The Sport Psychologist
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http://hdl.handle.net/10034/628032
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10.1123/tsp.2023-0070
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Accepted author manuscript version reprinted, by permission, from [The Sport Psychologist, 2023, 37(4): 287–296, https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2023-0070. © 2023 Human Kinetics, Inc.
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0888-4781
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1543-2793
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