Associate Professor at Plymouth Marjon Uni, Psychotherapy and Counselling programme leader, endurance and running researcher, Sport and Exercise Psychologist.
Plymouth, England
Joined May 2014
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1/3: NEW 'In conversation with...' manuscripts are now available @AASP @CSSEPJournal @ISSPonline @BASES_Psy @BPS_DSEP
Life as a Sport Psych Nomad: Thierry Middleton in Conversation With Shameema Yousuf on Advocating for Change as a Sport Psychologist doi.org/10.1123/cssep.2024-0…
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We're thrilled to share that the new Marjon Counselling Clinic is open! 🎉 The public clinic is funded by a pay-what-you-can system, enabling everyone to access counselling support.
Find out more here 🔗 loom.ly/YMoIng4 #TeamMarjon #Counselling #Community #Support
Alister McCormick retweeted
How do new runners maintain their running, and what leads to others stopping? A qualitative, longitudinal study
(@AlisterPsych et al 2024)
doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport…
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Really important and interesting research being done by @MCsportpsych. Get involved if you're a qualified sport and exercise psych working in applied practice.
LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS FOR MY PhD! Are you a HCPC registered sport and ex psychologist? I am researching into YOUR perspectives and experiences around mental health in applied practice email me [email protected] if you are KEEN!
Alister McCormick retweeted
Calling all HCPC registered Sport and Exercise Psychologists. Such a meaningful area of research 👇🏼👇🏼 #mentalhealth #appliedsportpsychology – at Plymouth, England
LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS FOR MY PhD! Are you a HCPC registered sport and ex psychologist? I am researching into YOUR perspectives and experiences around mental health in applied practice email me [email protected] if you are KEEN!
Alister McCormick retweeted
LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS FOR MY PhD! Are you a HCPC registered sport and ex psychologist? I am researching into YOUR perspectives and experiences around mental health in applied practice email me [email protected] if you are KEEN!
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What It Means To Be an Applied Exercise Psychologist
New from @paula_watson
doi.org/10.1123/cssep.2023-0…
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With the @dublinmarathon coming up this weekend, @Trish_Jackman @a_whitehead1 @cswannpsych & myself wrote this piece in @RTEBrainstorm based on our research.
Three tips to beat the psychological challenges of #running a marathon
#IrishLifeDublinMarathon
rte.ie/brainstorm/2023/1024/…
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Huge announcement 📣
Marjon has been awarded Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 2023.
The TEF is a national scheme run by @officestudents that aims to encourage higher education providers to deliver excellence in the areas that students care about the most.
ALT Marjon gets gold! TEF -2023
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"The runners’ reasons for running helped us to interpret changes in their experiences through time. Meaningful reasons helped runners to learn that they can run, prioritise running, and prevent life getting in the way."
How do new runners maintain their running, and what leads to others stopping? New Paper: Open Access in Psychology of Sport & Exercise sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Alister McCormick retweeted
Very excited to write that my new book, The Psychology of Running, is published today!
Co-authored with Suart Holliday and published by @tandfpsychology.
Available at: amazon.co.uk/Psychology-Runn… and all good book stores.
#psychology #running
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Hey @Therapists_C 👋
Job Opportunity: Counselling Clinic Manager
🏫Where: @marjonuni
⏲️Contract: 0.6 FTE/21hrs
💰Salary: (pro-rata) £28k+
📅Deadline: 03/10/23
ℹ️For more info: 👇
jobs.marjon.ac.uk/
#TherapistTwitter #TherapistsConnect #counselling #psychotherapy
Alister McCormick retweeted
When we start exercising, the biggest challenge is staying on track.
So what can we learn from those who do - and don’t - keep going?
Interviews of 20 new runners - 10 who stopped and 10 who continued for 6-12 months - revealed:
- Having a meaningful “why” helped participants learn they could run and prevent life getting in the way
- Life was more likely to get in the way for those who had fewer opportunities to run or difficult experiences of running
Strategies to help new runners should therefore:
1. Help people identify their “why”'
2. Consider the unique barriers faced
3. Build confidence and independence
4. Support prioritisation of exercise by planning for life obstacles and by finding pleasure in exercise.
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Alister McCormick retweeted
Really happy to share this paper about what helps new runners maintain their running.
Interesting findings (although I might be biased 😁) that formed the basis of my PhD.
doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport…
How do new runners maintain their running, and what leads to others stopping? New Paper: Open Access in Psychology of Sport & Exercise sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Alister McCormick retweeted
My collection of resources are here if you need any more
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New content added to my collection of AI in HE teaching and learning resources...
benjanefitness.com/ai-in-tea…
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Psychological strategies to resist slowing down or stopping during endurance activity: An expert opinion paper explore.bps.org.uk/content/b…
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Thread: a friend applied for job as academy sport psych (Cat 2). Quals required: recognised qual in Sports Psych, BPS Accreditation to at least stage 1 level (MSc in SEP) or BASES-endorsed qualification to Masters level, Degree in relevant subject, HCPC accreditation...
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Check out the latest issue of the Sport and Exercise Psychology Review (SEPR) here on the @BPSOfficial website: explore.bps.org.uk/content/b…
Some great contributions and reads within here! #DSEPChat
Editorial by Dr @zhangshuge Dr James Newman and @nathan78 🙌
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Delighted to see this paper published.
Psychological strategies to resist slowing down or stopping during endurance activity: An expert opinion paper
With @CarlaMeijen @AlisterPsych @AndyLane27 @marchantdave @SamueleMarcora @AthleteFatigue & Dan Robinson
explore.bps.org.uk/content/b…
