What’s Our Role? Mental Performance Consultants’ Perspectives on Supporting Concussed Athletes

Cassandra M. Seguin; Diane M. Culver; Stephen D. Mellalieu; Sommer Christie; Judy Goss; Sieger Roorda

doi:10.1080/21520704.2021.1971811

What’s Our Role? Mental Performance Consultants’ Perspectives on Supporting Concussed Athletes

Cassandra M. Seguin^*, Diane M. Culver, Stephen D. Mellalieu, Sommer Christie, Judy Goss, Sieger Roorda

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Abstract

Bloom et al. (2020) advocated that mental performance consultants (MPCs) can play an important supporting role in the psychosocial recovery and well-being of concussed athletes. The rapid advancement of knowledge and limited resources designed for MPCs present challenges in facilitating this support. To address these challenges, a group of MPCs formed a community of practice to help define our role in this domain. In this article, we have attempted to translate our knowledge of concussion and related psychosocial support into an accessible narrative and approach that can help MPCs better understand our role in providing support to concussed athletes throughout the phases of return-to-play.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	168-179
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Sport Psychology in Action
Volume	13
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/21520704.2021.1971811
Publication status	Published - 5 Sept 2021

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Sport-related concussion
community of practice
return-to-play
sport psychology

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