Essential Guide for Mental Performance Consultants

Prepare with confidence for AASP’s Certified Mental Performance Consultant® exam

The Essential Guide for Mental Performance Consultants is an authoritative reference presenting foundational information and best practice methods to help athletes and clients develop and use mental, life, and self-regulatory skills to optimize their performance.  Authored by the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), this web textbook provides an interactive and convenient platform to prepare for the Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC®) certification exam.

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The Essential Guide for Mental Performance Consultants can be used on a variety of devices, offering a practical and affordable way to explore the foundations and applications of sport psychology.

Editors: Sarah Carson Sackett & Natalie Durand-Bush
Co-Editor: Lauren Tashman

The Guide is anticipated to be released in May 2021 and available for purchase in the $75-100 range.

Table of Contents & Authors:

• APPLICATION OF THEORIES AND PRINCIPLES OF COUNSELING AND CONSULTING
  Natalie Durand-Bush, Göran Kenttä, Claire-Marie Roberts

• FOUNDATIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES, MODELS, AND CONSTRUCTS
  Mary Fry, Candace Hogue
• LEARNING AND SKILL ACQUISITION
  Christopher Aiken, Kevin Becker
• LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
  Stewart Cotterill, Katrien Fransen
• TECHNIQUES FOR DEVELOPING RAPPORT, TRUST, AND OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH CLIENTS
  Frank van den Berg, Sharleen Hoar
• ASSESSMENT OF INDIVIDUALS, TEAMS/GROUPS, & ORGANIZATIONS
  Christopher Wagstaff, Alessandro Quartiroli
• MENTAL SKILLS AND TOOLS RELATED TO PERFORMANCE
  Cindra Kamphoff, Angela Fifer, Jennifer Schumacher, Michelle McAlarnen
• PERFORMANCE PSYCHOLOGY INTERVENTIONS
  Geir Jordet, Frank Abrahamsen, Pierre-Nicolas Lemyre
• EVALUATION OF CONSULTING AND PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS
  Peter Haberl, Lee-Ann Sharp
• COACHING EFFECTIVENESS
  Melissa Thompson, Kristen Dieffenbach
• PSYCHOLOGY OF INJURY AND REHABILITATION
  Britton Brewer, Monna Arvinen-Barrow
• PHYSIOLOGICAL & NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL BASES OF PERFORMANCE
  Penny Werthner, Sommer Christie, Louis Passfield
• ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES
  Hillary Cauthen, Leigh Skvarla
• CULTURE AND DIVERSITY
  Leeja Carter, Carole Oglesby

The Essential Guide for Mental Performance Consultants
Association for Applied Sport Psychology
©2021 • Web Textbook
Web Textbook: ISBN 978-1-4925-8984-6