Rhonda Cohen- London's Sport Psychologist for Extreme Sports

MSc., PGCHE, CPsychol.,CSci., HPC, AFBPsS - Get your mind into gear for ultimate performance!

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About Rhonda Cohen

Professional Qualifications, Publications and Research

Professional Qualifications

Registered Sport & Exercise Psychologist (HPC)
Chartered Psychologist : Sport & Exercise Psychology, BPS (CPsychol)
Chartered Scientist, British Psychological Society (CSci)
Associate Fellow of British Psychological Society (AFBPsS)

Note: The Health Profession Council (HPC) monitors the protected title of Sport & Exercise Psychologist

Areas of Research

The relationship between personality,sensation and sporting performance in extreme sport
Current research projects
Classifying and Defining extreme sport
Personality in Extreme Sport
Profiling of participants involved in the extreme sport
High Risk and Sensation Seeking in extreme Sport

Publications

Cohen,R.(2009) Guest Editor,Journal of Health,Social and Environmental Issues,vol.10,no 1.
Cohen,R.(2009) Foreword for Journal of Health Social and Environmental,vol.10,no1. pp 3-4
Lazarus,J. and Cohen, R. (2009) Sport Psychology and the use of Neuro Linguistic (Journal of Health, Social and Environmental Issues, vol.10, no 1. pp. 5-12
Cohen, R.(1995). Exercise Addiction Video. Division Sport Exercise Psychology. Published by BPS. Warwick University.
Cohen, R., Nordin,S. and Abrahamson, E. (2009). Psychology of Injury chapter. In Sports Rehabilitation and Injury Prevention - Wiley and Son, publishers (In Press). Click here
Cohen, R. (1995) “Hooked on Addiction” as in Exercise Addiction . Annett, Crisps and Steinberg (editors). Sport and Exercise Psychology section of BPS. Leicester. BPS Conference, Warwick University. Click here
Podcast : Sport Psychology 2006. ITunes Imagery: controllability; vividness; Script Writing.
PGCHE : “The use of reflections and learning journals in the teaching of Sport Psychology” January 2006
MSc dissertation ( 1995) “ Does Addiction to Exercise or Sport create or reduce problems The relationship between spheres of control and satisfaction

Conferences

Cohen, R and Lazarus, J. (2008) The Use of NLP in teaching Sports students’. Sports conference at Middlesex University on ‘Learning by Doing'. ( presentation and abstract)
Cohen, R. (1995) Exercise Addiction Video. Division Sport Exercise Psychology BPS. Presented Warwick University.
Open Spaces Conference , Olympic Research bid – with Education department and Canterbury (2009)
Cohen, R. (2006). ‘The Sense of Loss : A Psychological Reaction to Injury’. Fitness Network : An Official Publication of Fitness Professionals , pages 8-9

Rhonda Cohen – The Psychology of Extreme Sports-London UK-2012 Rhonda Cohen is Head of the London Sport Institute at Middlesex University. She is also a guest lecturer in Sport Psychology at University College London. She has featured in national, international print and broadcast media discussing the psychology behind extreme sports. Her area of interest academically is sport and exercise psychology, with a specialist interest in extreme sports. Her most recent TV appearance was on the BBC’s Inside Sport programme where she was interviewed by the legendary athlete Michael Johnson on the psychology of downhill skiers. As part of her work, Rhonda Cohen looks at the motivation behind the actions of those who take such risks. A Registered and Chartered Psychologist (licensed to practice), Rhonda Cohen is also an expert on the psychology of enhancing performance. Rhonda is a member of several professional bodies. She is an Associate Fellow of the BPS, a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, a member of the British Psychological Society, and the American Psychological Association amongst others. Rhonda Cohen has written and published on the subjects of sport addiction, the psychology of injury, NLP in Sport and her current research projects include personality in extreme sport, profiling participants in high risk sport and sensation seeking in extreme sport. Her own experiences are unsurprisingly adventurous. They include white water rafting, bob sleighing, skydiving, swimming with stingrays and drag racing. Rhonda Cohen is available for broadcast and print media to comment on any area of her expertise mentioned above- please contact Richard Hayward at the Middlesex University Press Office on 020 8411 6761 or email r.hayward@mdx.ac.uk Copyright © 2012, [Rhonda Cohen http://www.sportpsych.co.uk]. All rights reserved.