Ultimately It Comes Down to the Relationship: Experienced Consultants' Views of Effective Sport Psychology Consulting

Sport Psychologist

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 358-370

  Sharp, Lee Ann ^a   Hodge, Ken ^b   Danish, Steve ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consulting relationship; Rapport; Trust; Working alliance

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CONSULTATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; HONESTY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; SAMPLING; SKILL; SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY; TRUST;

EID: 84950322982     PISSN: 08884781     EISSN: 15432793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/tsp.2014-0130     Document Type: Article

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