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Supporting Athletes Through Grief and COVID-19

By Lauren Wong, Masters of Education Student, BU Wheelock, Counseling & Sport Psychology Program Across the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic persists in disrupting normalcy. For athletes, this means everything from working out in masks, to losing access to facilities, to cancelled and postponed seasons. There are so many losses along this spectrum of change for […]

The Science Behind Communication and Effort and Their Relationship to Team Cohesiveness in Sport: Insights From Sport Psychology

By Max Groen, Masters of Education Student, BU Wheelock, Counseling & Sport Psychology Program Often when one thinks of a strongly competitive team, they look to some of the more obvious factors such as the level of talent on the roster and the abilities of the coaching staff. Although talent is certainly an important factor […]

An Athlete’s Identity: Does It Have to Come to An End?

By Lianna Malawski, Masters of Education Student, BU Wheelock, Counseling & Sport Psychology Program Athletic Identity Foreclosure vs Athletic Identity  Who am I? When athletes answer this question, it is simple. I am an athlete. What makes you an athlete? This one is a bit more challenging. What makes us an athlete could be many […]

Life After Sport: Mitigating the Athlete Identity Crisis

By Erin Baker, Masters of Education Student, BU Wheelock, Counseling & Sport Psychology Program Athlete. On paper this appears to be a seven-letter word, but what is not illustrated are the thousands of training hours required to earn this title. With so much time and energy spent on becoming an “athlete”, this title not only […]

Welcome to the BU Sport & Performance Psychology Team!

Our “Why” Sports, music, theater, and the performing arts are demanding disciplines that require the ability to manage high-pressure situations and perform consistently at your best. Our team can help. Who We Are We are a team of Sport & Performance Psychology Masters and Doctoral students in the BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development who are passionate […]