Rhonda Cohen
Head of the London Sport Institute
Department: London sport institute
Contact
- Telephone: +44 (0)20 8411 2651
- E-mail: r.x.cohen@mdx.ac.uk
Qualifications
Registered and Chartered Sport & Exercise Psychologist (HPC/BPS)
Accreditted BPS Supervisor for Trainee Psychologists
NLP Practitioner
BA MSc PGCertHE CPsychol CSci AFBPsS
Website: http://www.sportpsych.co.uk
Research Interests
Psychology of Extreme Sport ; Motivation and Risk ; Psychology of recovery from sporting injuries. PhD in the The Relationship between Personality, Sensation Seeking and Sporting Participation (Winter 2011)
- Cohen, R., Nordin,S. and Abrahamson, E. (2010). ‘Psychology of Injury’ as in Sports Rehabilitation and Injury Prevention - Wiley and Son, publishers
- Cohen, R.(2009) Guest Editor of Journal of Health, Social and Environmental Issues, vol.10, no 1.
- Cohen, R.(2009) Foreword for Journal of Health Social and Environmental, vol.10, no 1.page 3-4
- Lazarus,J. andCohen, R. (2009) Sport Psychology and the use of Neuro Linguistic (Journal of Health, Social and Environmental Issues, vol.10, no 1.pp. 5-12
In the Media
- Psychologies -in press
- Women's Running - regular contributer
- Women's Running -April 2012 - '20 Ways to Feel happier' by Claire Chamberlain
- Men's Heath - April 2012 - PT+ 'Stick to your Plans'
- Motivation in FitPro Life Virtual Magazine- February 2012
- Interviewed in Goal.com'Their collective energy can destroy the Goliath' - the psychological problems Real Madrid must overcome in order to beat Barcelona .
- 'Survive Festive Stress' Womens Running Magazine-January 2012
- 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 theArts London News, May 2011.
- Interview about the psychology surrounding Manchester United's goal scoringat the very end of a match
- Rhonda interviewed about the psychology behindFernando Torres's Goal droughtin his first 5 weeks at Chelsea FC-16th March 2011
- Women Running Magazine . Feel the Fear . March 2011
- Abseiling, "the benefits go beyond the physical" inGuidingin Autumn 2010 issue
- Daily MirrorSauna Championship tragedy, where Russian competitor dies
- Danish publicationBT.dkandFinish publicationItalehti.fi
- BodyFit MagazineSeptember 2010 Motivation and Exercise
- The Daily Mail- Joint degree between Tottenham Hotspur and Middlesex University-July 2010
- 'Injury Time'inWomen'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 CarolMidgley -Ain't no mountain high enough : the rise of the challenge junkies
- Westminster News Online Dealing with dangers of winter sports27th February 2010
- Arc of a Diver -Independent Newspaper Tuesday 5thMay 2009–Online Red Bulletin magazine
- 50:50MagazinePsychology as a Profession (Oct 2009)
Television/Radio/Presentations
- Channel 4 - Base Jumping Show ( July 2012)
- Channel 4 The Hidden Talent Show presented by Richard Bacon, April/May 2012 produced by SilverRiverTV/Sony . Interviewed contestants on the mind set/talent for free diving episode
- Speaker on 'Innovation' and presenter of Innovation award at Tottenham Hotspur Inaugural Awards Ceremony December 2011
- Interview about the psychology surrounding Manchester United's goal scoringat the very end of a match -Abu Dhabi Production Company
- 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
Teaching Interests
Sport and Exercise Psychology ; Applied Sport Psychology ; Psychology of Sport Injuries ; Dissertation Supervisor; Psychology of Enhancing Performance ( MSc),
Stage 2 BPS supervision for Sport & Exercise trainee Psychologists
Biography
Current work including administrative and professional duties/roles etc
- Head of the London Sport Institute
Consultancy
Registered and Chartered Psychologist (Licensed to Practice): Sport & Exercise Psychology Director Consultancy STEP@ MU : Solutions to Enhanced Performance
University Roles
- Olympic Committee at MU
- MU Health Ethics Sub-Committee
- Senior leadership Team in School of Health and Social Sciences
- HSSc Business Development Group
- Sabbatical Committee
External Roles
Module Leader in Sport Psychology (UCL)
Professional Memberships
- British Psychological Society (BPS)
- BPS Division of Sport Exercise Psychology
- BPS Special Group in Coaching Psychology
- British Association of Sport Exercise Sciences (BASES)
- HEA - Special interest group - Olympics
- Royal Society of Medicine - Fellow
