Sport Psychology Interventions by Shane M Murphy
Shows professionals how to help athletes get the most out of their sport experience and maintain a healthy lifestyle. This guide explains how to assist athletes at all levels in facing the challenges and problems that are common in the sports world.Throughout his career, Shane M. Murphy, PhD has helped hundreds of elite athletes with performance and personal concerns. From 1987 to 1994 he served as the sport psychologist for the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). While with USOC, Dr. Murphy began a career-counseling program for elite athletes, initiated a counseling program available to all athletes at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, organized a national conference on alcohol abuse education in sport, and produced a variety of educational programs in sport psychology for coaches and athletes. In 1992 he was appointed associate director of USOC's Division of Sport Science and Technology, a position he held until 1994, when he left the organization to pursue his writing and consulting interests.
Dr. Murphy was the U.S. team sport psychologist at the Olympic Games in Seoul and Albertville and at the 1987 U.S. Olympic Festival. He is a certified consultant of the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology and has served on the editorial board of The Sport Psychologist since 1989. He has also published numerous articles and chapters on sport psychology.
Born and reared in Australia, Dr. Murphy earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from Rutgers University in 1985. He and his wife, Annemarie, have two children, Bryan and Theresa. He is an avid sports fan--baseball, football, soccer, rugby, cricket, and Australian football rank among his favorites--and participant, preferring a competitive game of tennis or golf.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780873226592 |
| ISBN 10 | 0873226593 |
| Title | Sport Psychology Interventions |
| Author | Shane M Murphy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Human Kinetics Publishers |
| Year published | 1995-01-05 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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