• Question: what do you do routinely in your job? and how would you try and start on your career path?

    Asked by kayleighnorton to Helen on 21 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Helen O'Connor

      Helen O'Connor answered on 21 Jun 2011:

      Hi,
      My job is so great in a way because I don’t have any one routine. But I would say that I spend about 10 hours a week writing – either articles for other people (like this one about exercise addiction http://www.yourdocmedical.co.uk/exercise/243) or in my blog (like this article about coping with failure http://startingnow.squarespace.com/blog/2011/2/5/why-we-should-embrace-failure.html).

      I spend another 10-15 hours a week working one on one or in groups, helping people improve their performance using psychological skills (teaching them focus, relaxation, goal-setting, motivation, confidence, coping with anger etc).

      Then the rest of my time I may be working on some research projects, and I also have to spend quite a bit of time meeting people to tell them about sport psychology, this helps me promote psychology and hopefully get some more work too.

      I have to do lots of paperwork as well!

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