TY - CHAP
T1 - PROFESSIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE CLINICIAN
AU - Watson, Jack C.
AU - Gonzalez, Matthew
AU - Harris, Brandonn
AU - Wayda, Valerie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 selection and editorial matter, Insa Nixdorf, Raphael Nixdorf, Jürgen Beckmann, Scott B. Martin, and Tadhg MacIntyre; individual chapters, the contributors. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023/1/1
Y1 - 2023/1/1
N2 - A focus upon competent and ethically appropriate care is essential for the effective and comprehensive delivery of mental health services to elite athletes. Competent and ethically appropriate care ensures the clients’ well-being, needs, and safety remain at the forefront of the working relationship. This chapter addresses a number of professional issues pertaining to mental health service provision in elite sport settings. More specifically, this chapter will highlight relevant legal issues pertaining to this work, as well as associated ethical standards and principles stemming from governing bodies within the discipline of sport and performance psychology (e.g., Association for Applied Sport Psychology, American Psychological Association, International Society for Sport Psychology). Areas of focus will include a) competence and appropriate use of referrals, b) confidentiality and informed consent, c) multiple role relationships, and d) the provision or receiving of supervision for applied work in this environment.
AB - A focus upon competent and ethically appropriate care is essential for the effective and comprehensive delivery of mental health services to elite athletes. Competent and ethically appropriate care ensures the clients’ well-being, needs, and safety remain at the forefront of the working relationship. This chapter addresses a number of professional issues pertaining to mental health service provision in elite sport settings. More specifically, this chapter will highlight relevant legal issues pertaining to this work, as well as associated ethical standards and principles stemming from governing bodies within the discipline of sport and performance psychology (e.g., Association for Applied Sport Psychology, American Psychological Association, International Society for Sport Psychology). Areas of focus will include a) competence and appropriate use of referrals, b) confidentiality and informed consent, c) multiple role relationships, and d) the provision or receiving of supervision for applied work in this environment.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85156247581&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4324/9781003099345-28
DO - 10.4324/9781003099345-28
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85156247581
SN - 9780367567866
SP - 313
EP - 328
BT - Routledge Handbook of Mental Health in Elite Sport
PB - Taylor and Francis
ER -
