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Book Review: Becoming a Sport, Exercise, and

Performance Psychology Professional

Kelsea Offner, MA, Adler University

J. Gualberto Cremades and Lauren S. Tashman experiences and accomplishments, they are not

(2014) have released Becoming a Sport, Exercise, shy to bring awareness to the barriers faced when

and Performance Psychology Professional: A working in a profession often misunderstood by the

Global Perspective, providing a wide sample of in- public. The irst half of the book, Chapters 2 through

formation that tackles the current issues within the 26, provides detailed stories of professionals work-

ield. Sport, exercise, and performance psychol-
ing with athletes and teams, including individuals

ogy (SEPP) continues to thrive as more athletes with disabilities, artistic performers, and children.

continue to openly seek and utilize such services.

Cremades and Tashman have developed a collec- What particularly sets this book apart is the recog-

nition of the current ethical dilemmas surrounding
tion of narratives and explanations within the ield

of SEPP intended to cater to both developing and
the use of technology in practice and develop-

Kelsea seasoned SEPP professionals.
ing personal businesses. The arena of athletics

and performance is illed with competition and
Within the introduction, Cremades, Tashman, and
OFFNER hesitancy to share knowledge, often bleeding over

Quartiroli discuss the present-day struggle to ind to the personal practices and theories of SEPP

a solid deinition of the ield of sport, exercise, and
professionals. Authors have opened their “tool-
performance psychology. Cremades and Tashman
boxes” to equip current and future practitioners

have brought together works from professionals
with materials and information in order to provide
around the world to capture the varying deinitions
quality services. The writers in this book have
of SEPP and shed a light on ways such deinitions
provided insight on the best-used tools, as well as

can be simpliied in order to further progress the
how they have and would recommend using such
ield. In addition, there are differing standards for
tools. Not only do readers gain an awareness of
training within the SEPP ield, and the authors

the practices of top-notch professionals, but they
have used this introduction to provide insight into
are also given recommendations for developing
the varying degrees of competencies as well as to
businesses, irst-hand accounts of connecting
provide a call to develop international standards

with teams and individuals, and speaking to the
for the ield.
challenges of educating others about the beneits

of SEPP services.
While the authors provide accounts of successful

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