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Being Mindful in Sport and Exercise Psychology
Pathways for Practitioners and Students
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Being Mindful in Sport and Exercise Psychology: Pathways for Practitioners and Students is a comprehensive resource of the many facets of mindfulness, which is interwoven with many techniques of applied sport and exercise psychology. The book expands upon the fundamentals of mindfulness theory and practice, reviews evidence of its effectiveness, and features numerous case studies that offer readers a fresh perspective of how mindfulness can be applied in diverse, real-world situations.
Samuel J. Zizzi, EdD, CC-AASP, is the Dr. Pat Fehl endowed professor of sport and exercise psychology in the College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences (CPASS) at West Virginia University (WVU). He is a certified consultant through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), was recognized as a research fellow by AASP in 2012 He was twice named the WVU CPASS outstanding teacher of the year (2002, 2014). Zizzi serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology and regularly serves as a manuscript or abstract reviewer for AASP and several journals. Zizzis research interests span both sport and exercise psychology. On the sport psychology side, he pursues applied projects related to professional issues (certification, ethics), the psychology of injury, and attitudes towards sport psychology. On the exercise psychology side, his work focuses on health behavior change, primarily related to physical activity promotion and obesity prevention., Mark B. Andersen, PhD, is an adjunct professor at Halmstad University in Sweden. He lives in Australia. He graduated with a PhD in psychology in 1988 from the University of Arizona and became a licensed psychologist in the United States in 1989. In 1994 he immigrated to Australia where he is a registered clinical psychologist. He has taught courses in the psychology of rehabilitation and the professional practice of psychology. His areas of research and practice interests include the psychology of injury and rehabilitation; the role of exercise in mental health, well-being, and quality of life; the training and supervision of graduate students; interpersonal mindfulness; neuropsychotherapy, Buddhist psychology, and the practice of sport psychology service delivery. He currently has a clinical psychology practice in Tasmania and supervises psychologists around the world over Skype. Some of the institutions he values most are the restaurants where he lives in the harbor side suburb of Battery Point in Hobart, Tasmania.
- ISBN-13
- 9781940067216
- Publisher
- Fitness Information Technology
- Publication date
- 1 August 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 300
- Dimensions
- 254 x 178 mm
- Language
- English
