Rhonda Cohen- London's Sport Psychologist for Extreme Sports

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Rhonda Cohen-Chartered Sport Psychologist-specialising in Extreme Sport

Rhonda Cohen is available for broadcast and print media to comment on any subject relating to the Psychology of Extreme Sport. Please contact Rhonda or Richard Hayward at the Middlesex University Press Office on 020 8411 6761

Printed/Online Media

Runner's World -in press April
Women's Running -in Press April
Men's Heath -in Press April
Daily mail - in press
Interviewed in Goal.com 'Their collective energy can destroy the Goliath' - the psychological problems Real Madrid must overcome in order to beat Barcelona .COHEN PROVIDES HER EXPERT OPINION ON WHY JOSE MOURINHO'S MEN STRUGGLE TO MEET THE CHALLENGE OF FACING THE CATALAN GIANTS
'Survive Festive Stress' Womens Running Magazine-January 2012
'A Question of Motivation' out in this month's FitPro Network October November 2011 magazine
Doing something scary in a safe environment pushes us ! Rhonda in the Independent Newspaper 30th August 2011

Rhonda interviewed in Flipside magazine about sport psychology and extreme sport-July 2011
Get a copy of the July 2011 issue of Top Sante for an article on exercise addiction and why exercise can make us fat !
Read about Olympic Ordeals and Athletic Anxieties in the Arts London News, May 2011.
Interview about the psychology surrounding Manchester United's goal scoring at the very end of a match
Rhonda interviewed about the psychology behind Fernando Torres's Goal drought in his first 5 weeks at Chelsea FC-16th March 2011
Rhonda Featured in March 2011 Womens Running magazine about overcoming fear
In Abseiling, "the benefits go beyond the physical" says Rhonda in Guiding in Autumn 2010 issue
Daily Mirror quotes Rhonda Cohen about Sauna Championship tragedy, where Russian competitor dies
Danish publication BT.dk quotes Rhonda Cohen about Finish Sauna Championship tragedy
Finish publication Italehti.fi quotes Rhonda Cohen about Sauna Championship tragedy
BodyFit Magazine interviews Rhonda Cohen in September 2010 about Motivation and Exercise
The Daily Mail- Article about joint degree between Tottenham Hotspur and Middlesex University-July 2010
'Injury Time' in Women's running - July 2010 (written by Alex Gazzola)
Times on line - South Africa read 'Making it burn every single day' Carol Midgley
The Times - by feature journalist Carol Midgley -Ain't no mountain high enough : the rise of the challenge junkies
Westminster News Online Dealing with dangers of winter sports 27th February 2010
Arc of a Diver -Independent Newspaper Tuesday 5^th May 2009 –Online Red Bulletin magazine
50:50 Magazine Psychology as a Profession (Oct 2009)
IPROS – Psychology of motor racing and cars - November 2008
Barnet Press –Obesity and children 29/2/08
Psychology of Cricketers and stress – International press (2007)
Motor Sport News – January 2
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MU : School of Health & Social Sciences Newsletter for students (Summer 2005)
MU World (Spring 2005)
Telegraph Motoring Saturday " Blink and you'll miss it "- 29th January 2005
Insight (January 2005)
The Independent Newspaper -1995 (Sports Addiction)

Television/Radio/Presentations

Channel 4 The Hidden Talent Show with Richard Bacon coming in February/March 2012 produced by SilverRiverTV
Speaker on 'Innovation' and presenter of Innovation award at Tottenham Hotspur Inaugural Awards Ceremony December 2011 ( along with Donna Cullen from Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and Grant Cornwell, CEO of Tottenham Hotspur Foundation)
Interview about the psychology surrounding Manchester United's goal scoring at the very end of a match
Tottenham Hotspur Foundation Launch - Keynote Speaker along with Harry Redknapp and Lord Newby. "One Million Life Changing Opportunities". http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/foundation/foundation_news.html
Inside Sport - BBC (8th February 2010) Interviewed by Michael Johnson -international gold medal sprinter
Image Wizard for Sky Sport
Men and Motors , Speed Vision -shown worldwide. 2006
Sky Sport (interviewed for a show on racing drivers analysing their behaviour)Spring 2005
Contributed to a Radio 4 show on Sport Addiction 1999
Contributed to a Channel 4 documentary on Sport Addiction 1997

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.