Counseling College Student Athletes (Book)
Counseling College Student-Athletes: Issues and Interventions is the first comprehensive textbook to examine the developmental experiences of college student-athletes. Revised and updated, the second edition presents new chapters on diversity issues, fema Author/Editor: Edward F. Etzel, A.P. Ferrante, James W. Pinkney Copyright: 1996 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 353 pp. Edward F. Etzel is a licensed psychologist with the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics who serves as the NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills program coordinator at West Virginia University. He also is an associate professor with the School of Physical Education at WVU, where he teaches various applied sport psychology courses such as the psychological aspects of injury, sport performance enhancement interventions, counseling college student-athletes, and research methods. Dr. Etzel operates a private practice specializing in counseling and sport psychology in Morgantown, WV. He was a 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in Shooting and coached WVU's Rifle Team to five NCAA national championships. Dr. Etzel offers professional sport psychology and counseling psychology services at Advantage Psychological Associates in Morgantown, WV. He works with older adolescents and adults on issues ranging from general problems with living, coping with life stress, career transition issues, alcohol and drug problems, stress management, performance enhancement concerns, and team building. Dr. Etzel can be contacted at 304/599-3919 for a consultation. A.P. Ferrante is a psychologist in private practice in Hilliard, Ohio, where he heads the Human Performance Group International, a training and consulting group that serves individual athletes as well as sport, business, and educational organizations. Before entering the private sector, Dr. Ferrante served as the Psychologist for Athletics and Sport Psychology services at The Ohio State University. For more than a decade, Dr. Ferrante has specialized in sport psychological intervention and programming with athletes and coaches at all levels of participation. A Diplomat in Counseling Psychology with the American Board of Professional Psychology, Dr. Ferrante is a Fellow of the Academy of Counseling Psychology and is listed on the U.S. Olympic Committee's Sport Psychology Registry. He is a member of the Joint Advisory Committee on Sports Medicine with the Ohio Medical Association. Dr. Ferrante served as sport psychologist with the 1988 U.S. Olympic Team in Seoul, South Korea. Fo