Cognitive therapy approaches

A Penny for Your Thoughts: Athletes’ and Trainee Sport Psychologists’ Internal Dialogue During Consultations

“…From an athlete performance perspective, researchers have identified how internal dialogue can be influenced by the intensity of the activity (Aitchison et al, 2013), and how athletes' internal dialogue changes over the duration of an activity (Whitehead et al, 2018). Collectively, from a cognitive-behavioural perspective, the research demonstrates that internal dialogue is a key influence on feelings and behaviours (Eubank et al, 2020). However, within a consulting context, we may also consider that in-session internal dialogue (just as between-session reflection) influences practitioners' emotions, decisions, behaviours, and indirectly, service-delivery outcomes.…”