Practical Supervision in Applied Sport Psychology

Practical Supervision in Applied Sport Psychology delivers a 'how-to' guide in the supervision of sport psychology trainees and qualified practitioners. It serves as a resource for the supervisee and the supervisor, supporting scholarship in applied sport psychology at the postgraduate level, especially for those training to become sport psychology practitioners. This new book offers a compact and comprehensive manual on supervision that meets the needs of supervisees and supervisors by educating and supporting them within applied sport psychology to deal competently with the challenges of supervision and the supervisory process. With practical examples and scenarios throughout, the text helps supervisees become better informed about the supervisory process, its challenges, and its drawbacks. Practical Supervision in Applied Sport Psychology also enables supervisors to get to grips with beginning supervising trainees, while holding a resource that is accessible and informative for lifelong learning in supervision. Emerging from decades of experience in both supervising and being supervised in applied sport psychology, this new book is vital reading for scholars, teachers, researchers, and those practising supervising and receiving supervision within the field of applied sport psychology.

Paul McCarthy, PhD, leads the taught doctorate in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, UK. Paul is a BPS chartered psychologist, HCPC-registered sport and exercise psychologist, and Senior Teaching Fellow. In 2017, he developed the first taught doctorate in sport and exercise psychology in Scotland and the UK. Supervision accounts for a significant proportion of his current role on the taught doctorate programme and private practice. His research explores the practice of applied sport psychology and elements of emotion, attention, and motivation amongst sport performers. He served as editor of Sport and Exercise Psychology Review from 2013 to 2017. He has run his own private practice for the past 20 years, splitting his work time between academic teaching, supervising, researching, writing, and supporting clients from amateur to professional levels, especially in golf, football, rugby, gymnastics, and athletics. Zoe Moffat, PhD, is a practitioner psychologist working for an international professional sports organisation. She is a chartered sport and exercise psychologist with the British Psychological Society and a practitioner psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council. Zoe has published several peer-reviewed papers in sport and exercise psychology. She works with Paralympians, Olympians, and professional athletes in several sports (e.g., rugby, golf, netball, tennis). Lindsey Burns, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology at Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, UK. She is a BPS Chartered Psychologist, an HCPC-registered Practitioner Health Psychologist, and a Senior Fellow with AdvanceHE. Her research focuses on interprofessional working and collaboration, alongside interests in performance and wellbeing. Lindsey's professional role spans academia and private practice, where she provides supervision to trainee and qualified psychologists, supporting reflective, ethical, and evidence-based practice across diverse settings.

1. What Is Supervision?. 2. The Supervisory Relationship. 3. Ethics and Professional Practice in Supervision. 4. Being a Good Enough Supervisee. 5. Being a Good Enough Supervisor. 6. Supervision in Practice: Choosing a Style. 7. Shaping a Supervision Session - Structure and Purpose. 8. Beginnings - Key Elements of Starting a Supervisory Relationship. 9. Middles - Navigating the Core of Supervision. 10. Endings - Terminating the Supervisory Relationship Effectively. 11. Forms and Format of Supervision. 12. Trainee Development, Difference, and Diversity. 13. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Supervision. 14. Professional Considerations in Supervision.