Amanda Owens Sport Psychologist: Training Programmes
Believe Consulting BASES Supervised Experience Training Programme.

'Amanda Owens MSc FRSM (Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine) Certified & Registered AASP (Association of Applied Sport Psychology). BASES Accredited Sport Psychologist at Believe Consulting offers a specialised Humanistic & GESTALT framework over two years to gain BASES Supervised Experience and BASES Psychology Support Accreditation. The course programme has been developed so there is a gradual increase in awareness and development of the practitioner/trainee sport psychologist over two years and concomitant levels of being an effective and proficient sport psychologist. Sport Psychology trainee’s are encouraged to gain as much experience in the applied field as possible. This encourages the trainee to learn experentially which is aligned with supervisor monitoring and assistance.
The Supervised Experience Programme run by Amanda Owens offers a multi method approach covering:

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  • Humanistic Counselling Techniques and Approaches & Person Centred Therapy (PCT)
  • Gestalt Counselling Psychology & Therapy Frameworks & Approaches
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Techniques (CBT)
  • Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Social Psychology

The underlying frameworks of Gestalt and Humanistic based approaches are a necessary part of the supervised experienced programme. The process of self-development and becoming an effective practitioner and sport psychologist is the requirement for self-development and understanding the ‘self‘ as a practitioner.

At Believe Consulting we state that a pre-requisite to becoming an accredited Sport Psychologist, is completing a recognised Humanistic counselling course and/or Gestalt counselling course. The programme leaders offer suggestions and information regarding which counselling course would be best suited for each individual.

How?
The programme is designed so that Supervised Experience (SE) students are provided with EIGHT day workshops (September to May excluding December).
In addition, students receive individual coaching and guidance / one-to-one tuition / coaching and students can choose the individual mentoring and supervision route over the two year supervisory experience period.

The Course Programme Leader
Amanda Owens is the course leader with 15 years experience as a sports psychologist. There are also guest speakers and presenters who run the programme. Amanda is accredited by the British Association of Sport And Exercise Sciences (BASES) and is a recognised Accredited Sport and Exercise psychologist (support) with over twelve years applied practitioner experience.

Reference

Rebecca Symes Trainee Sport & Exercise Psychologist who completed the Believe Consulting BASES SE Consulting Training Programme

"My journey through Supervised Experience with Believe Consulting has already been an enlightening one. All workshops are thoroughly planned and carefully thought out with precision and expertise. The wealth of knowledge that Amanda has is invaluable and there is a great deal that I am already learning and am looking forward to continuing learning from her. No question to small, no problem too big; Amanda is on hand to help out and provide guidance. Amanda provides light in an otherwise dusky tunnel as the SE process can be a daunting one. I feel it is paramount to have a supervisor you can learn from, believe in, seek advice from and have a laugh with; Amanda provides all of these things."

(Rebecca Symes runs Sporting Success and is A BASES Accredited and BPS Chartered Sport Psychologist.

*See Amanda Owens article on self-awareness in Cricket World magazine and refer to Amanda Owens Qualification and Training routes to becoming a practising Sport & Exercise Psychologist in the UK.

For more information please contact either Amanda Owens the Managing Director of Believe Consulting and the programme leader of the Supervised Experience (SE) programme on: 07736 853375 or on the office number

*In addition please refer to William Winstone’s ‘Practitioner’s self-awareness’ Journal Article in the Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychologist; December 2006 issue