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Podcast: Physical Activity Researcher
Episode: Women in Applied Sport Psychology: Making your way as a Neophyte Practitioner - Dr Francesca Champ (Pt2) - Meaningful Sport Series
Description: Neophyte sport psychology practitioners face many challenges, such as misconceptions about what sport psychology is and doubts about its effectiveness. Moreover, when a young female practitioner enters a professional football club, she is likely to face gender- and age-based prejudice. In this episode, Dr Francesca Champ shares her story of entering and working in a men's professional football environment over three seasons, providing psychology support to academy players and working with staff and parents. We also discuss women in sport psychology more broadly and the ways that working in an applied context has been meaningful for Fran, despite the...