CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
HEAD OF THE LONDON SPORT INSTITUTE at MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY
Academic Qualifications: MSc., PGCHE, CPsychol.,CSci., ABPsS (PhD pending 2012)
Professional Qualifications : Registered Sport & Exercise Psychologist (HPC and BPS) + NLP Practitioner
Academic area: Sport & Exercise Psychology ; Specializing in Extreme Sport
Member of: London Sport Institute
Base campus: Hendon
Tel: +44 (0)20 8411 2651
Email: r.x.cohen@mdx.ac.uk ; rhonda@sportpsych.co.uk
The Burroughs
Hendon NW4 4BT
London
United Kingdom
Interests
Psychology of Extreme Sport ; Motivation and Risk ; Psychology of recovery from sporting injuries, Sensation Seeking and Thrill Seeking.
PhD in the Personality and Motivation of participants in Extreme Sport & Activity ( pending completition 2012).
Teaching interests
Sport & Exercise Psychology ; Applied Sport & Exercise Psychology ; Psychology of Sport Injuries ; Dissertation Supervision; Psychology of Enhancing Performance ( post graduate)
Consultancy
Registered and Chartered Psychologist (Licensed to Practice): Sport & Exercise Psychology Consultancy through Middlesex University (r.x.cohen@mdx.ac.uk)
Membership of University Committees
- London Sports Institute (LSI) Group (Chair)
- University Olympic Comittee ( Deputy Chair)
- Health Ethics Sub Committee (2007 to present)
- Business Development Group School of Health and Social Sciences
- Sabbatical Committee
- Academic Foresight Committee School of Health and Social Sciences
External –teaching and presenting
- UCL – Sport Psychology Module Leader and Lecturer- MSc Sport Exercise Medicine (2002-2009) for GPs and Qualified Physiotherapists
- Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences - Psychology of Sport Injury - Postgraduate Diploma in Restorative Dental Practice, Sports Dentistry July 2006; July 2007; February 2009; February 2010; 2011
- Sport Science Seminars for TASS (Governmental - Talented Athletes Scheme) ; Sessions: Arousal and Stress Management 2007- 2010; Sport Psychology Needs Analysis Profiling (2006),Psychological Skills Training (2005), Goal setting and Developing Self Confidence (2004)
- Health Schools Living Project - Psychological session May 2006
Consultancy
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Registered and Chartered Psychologist (Licensed to Practice): Sport & Exercise Psychology Consultancy/ Solutions to Enhanced Performance at Middlesex University (r.x.cohen@mdx.ac.uk)
- Consultancy, CPD, seminars, presentations,
- Approved Supervisory Trainee Psychologists (BPS) STAGE 2 Training
- Sport & Exercise Psychologist -Top Methanol Dragster Racing team, European Champions 2002-2006
Industrial Links
- Tottenham Hotspur Foundation
- LOCOG – Community Engagement ; Recruiters and Volunteers for the 2012 Games
- Skills Active
- Pro Active Partnership : North London
- Podium
- HEA Special Interest Group - Olympics
- Sporting Chances