ABSTRACT
This chapter is largely on sport and competition anxiety, the dog story is a reminder that the people are all faced with anxiety-evoking situations from an early age. It is largely concerned with working through the process of counseling, including the initial referral or discussion of anxiety with an athlete and the many issues and questions that will inform and challenge the applied practitioner’s work. Sport psychology researchers have constantly proposed and tested relevant models ranging from arousal-performance explanations to multidimensional anxiety theory. A central purpose of the exploration process is to jointly discuss, sometimes in considerable detail, anxiety experiences and anxiety-related issues. Some practitioners may choose to use sport anxiety assessment tools. Anxiety remains one of the most intensely researched areas in sport psychology. Sport psychology as a field has moved well beyond the era of simple anxiety-performance theories and generic multi-modal therapies.
