Sport and Exercise Psychology Professional Doctorate Portfolio

Hayman, J (2025) Sport and Exercise Psychology Professional Doctorate Portfolio. Doctoral thesis, Liverpool John Moores University.

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Abstract

This portfolio provides an account of the professional and personal development of a trainee sport and exercise psychologist undertaking the Professional Doctorate course in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University. Contained within this portfolio is a practice log, detailing the numerous activities and time dedicated by the trainee to the development and fulfilment of four key learning objectives. This practice log is followed by a reflective practice diary, in which the trainee refers to entries within the practice log and completes a reflective cycle to detail thoughts, feelings, evaluations and conclusions, from select experiences. There are three consultancy case studies presented in this portfolio. The case studies demonstrate the trainee’s breadth of applied practice across consultancies with a young male badminton player seeking assistance with managing anger during matches, a women’s rugby team aiming to work on teamwork and communication, and an individual young women’s rugby player working on skill acquisition and selfconfidence. Further to the consultancy case studies, a teaching case study is included in order to illustrate the trainee’s competence in producing and delivering psychological skills based training to a group of athletes. The athletes in this teaching case study are a collection of individual equestrian athletes, exemplifying the trainee’s ability to apply learnings and practice with a variety of sportspeople. A further teaching diary is included to detail specifically the multiple teaching experiences with which the trainee has engaged with throughout their time on the professional doctorate course. Demonstrated within a systematic review, and two empirical research projects are the trainee’s research skills and practices. The systematic review investigates the 4 phenomenon of thriving in elite sport, whilst the two empirical research papers follow recommendations for future research made within the systematic review and apply action research to examine the impact of an intervention specifically related to the topic of thriving, with a group of athletes. A research commentary is provided regarding the trainee’s experience of completing all three research projects. Finally, the trainee provides a reflective practice commentary on their overall experience of preparing this portfolio, referencing chapters of personal and professional development

Item Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Sport; Exercise; Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC1200 Sports Medicine
Divisions:	Sport and Exercise Sciences
Date of acceptance:	8 October 2025
Date of first compliant Open Access:	29 October 2025
Date Deposited:	29 Oct 2025 13:38
Last Modified:	29 Oct 2025 13:39
DOI or ID number:	10.24377/LJMU.t.00027318
Supervisors:	Cook, DG
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/27318

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