Life After Pro Sports Research suggests that approximately 70% of elite athletes experience post-professional career depression[1], making athletic retirement one of the most psychologically demanding periods a person can face. Researchers describe this transition as a biopsychosocial disruption[2] – a layered unravelling of structure, identity, and purpose that sport had quietly scaffolded for years. Lost goals and a fractured sense of self emerge as two of the most formidab

We all have a story to share. The good news for us sharing those stories is that we can get some perspective on our lives through our stories. When we share a story with a trusted friend we break our closed system and add in the input of others. When an athlete works with a sport psychologist, the sport psychologist helps the athlete to edit stories of the past, present and future. The arc of our stories can change with the help of a sport psychologist because in our sharing

We are now in the decade of the 2020s and much has changed in the world of sport and sport psychology support for the masses. The number of qualified sport psychologists is growing and the number of people seeking the services of a sport psychologist is growing. With all this growth going on, what are we doing to ensure that the masses can access, use and benefit from sport psychology support? The greatest development recently is the proliferation of sport psychology services

Athletes come to a sport psychologist for support in one form or another. Some athletes know exactly what they want and are disappointed or withdraw when they do not receive their preferences. There are at least three main preferences that athletes seek. First, activity preferences, which are the tasks the athlete wants the sport psychologist to engage in during the service delivery. Some athletes wish for the sport psychologist to raise and confront issues. Some athletes do