Careers in Sport and Exercise Psychology (with Audio)
jbatz1985
Created on February 16, 2021
This interactive metro map highlights some possible careers following a degree in sport and exercise psychology
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Transcript
SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGIST Responsibilities
- Assess your clients’ needs and abilities, and monitor sporting performance and/or behavior
- Implement strategies to help clients overcome difficulties, improve performance, or realize potential
- Work with a multidisciplinary team including other psychologists, nutritionists, coaches and physiologists
- Starting salaries range from £20,000 to £22,000
- Salaries for experienced sport and exercise psychologists typically range from £27,000 to £37,000
- Senior psychologists and Heads of Department can earn around £48,000 or more
- A degree in psychology accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) leading to the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC)
- A BPS-accredited MSc in Sport and/or Exercise Psychology
- Stage 2 of the BPS Qualification in Sport and Exercise Psychology (QSEP) (two years of supervised practice)
- Some sport psychologists work as private consultants or work full time for professional sports teams or national governing bodies of sport
- Most sport and exercise psychologists combine consultancy work with teaching and research in higher or further education
- Exercise psychologists might be involved in GP exercise referral, cardiac rehabilitation schemes or work within the NHS or with private healthcare providers