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Sport psychology, peak performance and athletes’ mental health, with Jamie Shapiro, PhD
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American Psychological Association

Sport psychology, peak performance and athletes’ mental health, with Jamie Shapiro, PhD

The mental health of elite athletes has been much in the news this year, with the withdrawal from competition by tennis star Naomi Osaka and Olympic gymnast Simone Biles. The media attention may be new, but the field of sport psychology is not. Many professional and college sports teams now rely on sport psychologists to improve their game. How do sport psychologists work with athletes? And how might the discussion around athletes’ mental health affect the perception of mental health in the United States and around the world? Dr. Jamie Shapiro, an associate professor and co-director of the Master’s in Sport and Performance Psychology program at the University of Denver, answers these and other questions. As a mental performance consultant for the U.S. Paralympic team and a former competitive gymnast and coach, she understands the challenges that athletes face. __________________________________ The American Psychological Association is the leading scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States, with more than 118,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students as its members. To learn more about APA visit http://www.apa.org Follow APA on social media: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AmericanPsychologicalAssociation/ Twitter https://twitter.com/apa LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/american-psychological-association/
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