Acceptance and Commitment Approaches for Athletes Wellbeing ... - 9783030649418

Acceptance and Commitment Approaches for Athletes Wellbeing and PerformanceThe Flexible Mind\nAuthor(s): Ross G. White, Andrew Bethell, Lewis Charnock, Stephen Leckey, Victoria Penpraze\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG\nISBN-13: 9783030649418, 978-3030649418\nSynopsis\nElite sport can be an unforgiving and harsh environment. This book explores psychological predictors of wellbeing and performance excellence in elite level athletes, and presents an innovative approach for optimizing mental wellbeing and sporting performance. Jointly developed by performance psychologists, clinical psychologists and sport scientists the Flexible Mind approach draws on contemporary psychological theory and research to help athletes build psychological flexibility - the ability to experience challenging thoughts and emotions and still be true to ones values. A range of case studies relating to different sports are used to d.