How to Become a Sports Psychologist, with Dr. Quincy Davis
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TimeCodes
0:00 Intro
1:00 Dr. Quincy Davis Bio
2:00 A thank you to our sponsor
3:50 What got you into sports psychology?
6:00 What does the day to day look like in sports psychology?
11:00 Differences between counseling and sports psychology?
13:25 How do you envision your role as a sports psychology?
14:44 How to become a sports psychologist?
20:15 CMPC certified mental performance consulting
24:00 What does the future of sports psychology look like?
26:00 What advice would you give to students wanting to become a sports psychologits?
28:30 How does it look like to be a person of color in this field?
32:00 How do you specialize in sports psychology?
35:00 What does self-care look like for you?
Bio
Dr. Quincy Davis, Ed.D, CMPC, originally from Colorado Springs, CO, lives in Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Davis completed his undergraduate studies at Presentation College in Psychology and earned his master’s in Counseling with an emphasis in School Counseling from Northern State University. In the fall of 2022, Dr. Davis earned his Sport and Performance Psychology doctoral degree from the University of Western States. Dr. Davis currently works as a high school counselor and coaches basketball at the high school; in addition, he is in the process of receiving supervision to obtain LPCC licensure.
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TimeCodes
0:00 Intro
1:00 Dr. Quincy Davis Bio
2:00 A thank you to our sponsor
3:50 What got you into sports psychology?
6:00 What does the day to day look like in sports psychology?
11:00 Differences between counseling and sports psychology?
13:25 How do you envision your role as a sports psychology?
14:44 How to become a sports psychologist?
20:15 CMPC certified mental performance consulting
24:00 What does the future of sports psychology look like?
26:00 What advice would you give to students wanting to become a sports psychologits?
28:30 How does it look like to be a person of color in this field?
32:00 How do you specialize in sports psychology?
35:00 What does self-care look like for you?
It is important to recognize that there are very few full time applied sport psychology positions - only a few hundred in the USA. I wrote the following paper to more widely communicate this fact so students understand how difficult it is to find a career in this field: Martin, J. (2019). Is the profession of sport psychology an illusion?. Kinesiology Review, 9(2), 92-103.
This interview was so incredibly helpful!
Thank you for sharing this info!!
Glad it was helpful!
What is the conference called that Dr. Quincy Davis recommended again?
Association for Applied Sports Psychology (AASP) i believe. Its a national conference
I absolutely love everything you’re doing here and I love your channel. I really want to get into psychology, but everyone tells me it doesn’t pay and it’s not worth it but some thing is calling me to do it and I’m trying to figure out the route that I want to take but because I’m already older I feel like it’s hard for me to do much of interns or anything.
Thank you! and Understandable! Since being in grad school it's been great to meet all different types of people from all different walks of life, and especially all different age groups! Shadowing and talking with multiple psychologists helped me a lot to help me envision if it was the right move for me. Hope that helps and best of luck!
Hi Phil, this year will be my first year going into a research based master’s program but I eventually want the skills to work with people one on one more so than research, especially athletes. Am I in the wrong master’s program?
I definitely will get my CMPC in the near future and I also want to become a sports psychologist who has the background in helping the normal population of people who struggle mentally.
A CMPC is certainly a great start! The certification requires certain courses like sports psychology and others so I know some students have had to take those courses outside of their masters/doctorate degrees. Once getting the certification, if you want to do clinical therapeutic work with athletes as well, it's important to have some type of masters degree in counseling, clinical social work, or clinical psychology with a license in mental health to be able to do both therapy as well as help atheletes with mental skills training for performance. Hope that helps!
I am in the process of decisions my next course in education. I have a bachelors in psychology. However I want to be a sports psychologist. What direction should I take? Should I pursue a masters or doctorate next?
Great question! Depends on what you want to do with either one. If you want to become a sports psychologist and do mental health coaching as well as therapy with clients, a master's in counseling, clinical psychology, social work with a licensure as LCSW, or LPCC, or doctorate in counseling/clinical/ psychology with a licensure in the EPPP or a doctorate in education (like Dr. Davis has) with a CMPC certification would allow you to do both therapy and mental health coaching. So you can't go wrong with either a masters or doctorate as long as the masters is connected to counseling, if not, then you'd only be able to mental health coaching and not therapy with clients. Some go for the doctorate because it allows you to do more research, advanced opportunity for consulting, maybe work with more professional or collegiate athletes potentially, or make a higher salary but at the end of the day you should lean more to where your goals are and what you want to do with your degree. Hope that helps!
@@philsguidetopsyd Thank you! This helps me a lot tone. I was leaning toward the doctorate but I didn’t quite know the right path to take. You put it into perspective for me and I thank you.
Do you have any recommendations of doctorate programs?
@@marcohunter4903 You mostly can't go wrong with ones that are accreditted and have a good turnout % for students matching to internship. I have a few videos on the channel about choosing programs that might be helpful. Best of luck!
Is Dr.Quincy IG no longer available?
I believe it is! dr_quincydavis
If he doesn't mind, I want to know his email address. I want to know a lot of information about sports psychologists In the US.
I recommend reaching out on social media via instagram!