What Psychologist Do?

What do Psychologists do?

Psychology is a well-known field of study that consists of helping individuals overcome negative thoughts, stressful situations, emotional controversies, etc. In such a large field of study, psychology can be subdivided into different categories, such as clinical psychology, community psychology and sport psychology. In my perspective, I find sport psychology to be interesting and knowledgeable, due to the fact that I am a collegiate athlete and studying sports management.

Sport Psychology has always been an interest of mine because I love sports myself. Though the discipline of psychology is often associated with the medical field such as treating people with depression, anxiety, or even treatments for people who have experienced traumatic events, I am more interested in other applications of psychology such as the role it plays in sports. Sports Psychology just breaks the barriers and the common misconceptions about the usefulness of psychology.

As an interdisciplinary science, Sport Psychology involves itself with both kinetics and psychology. This subfield of psychology is involved in sports and physical activities and I believe that it plays an important role for athletes and people who love physical activities. This discipline is concerned with the psychological factors that affect the desire to participate in a sport or physical activity and the actual performance in these activities. Generally, this subfield says that the psychological situation of a person affects the physical factors of his/her life.

As proof of the importance of Sport Psychology, many athletes just lose focus on their sport as they encounter psychological problems. For example, an NBA player that is left by his wife and suffers from depression is not likely to perform well in the court it is likely that he will not attend all practices and find it difficult to wake up early, get out of bed, and attend a rigid practice schedule simply...