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Dr Rhonda Cohen
ROLE:
Head of London Sport Institute
SCHOOL:
Science & Technology
DEPARTMENT:
London Sports Institute
TELEPHONE:
+44 (0)20 8411 2651
EMAIL:
R.X.Cohen@mdx.ac.uk
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Biography &
QualificationsQualifications
- PhD
- MSc, BA, PGCHE
- Registered Sport and Exercise Psychologist (HCPC)
- Chartered Psychologist, Sport & Exercise Psychology, BPS (CPsychol)
- Chartered Scientist, British Psychological Society (CSci)
- Associate Fellow of British Psychological Society (AFBPsS)
- Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors (RAPPS- BPS).
Current work including administrative and professional duties/roles etc
- Head of the London Sport Institute
Consultancy
Registered and Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist (HCPC; BPS)
University Roles
- School Executive Committee - School of Science and Technology
- London Sport Institute Ethics sub-committee Chair
- Senior Leadership Team - School of Health & Education
- Olympic Committee at Middlesex University (deputy chair)
- Middlesex University Health Ethics Sub-Committee
- Senior Leadership Team in School of Health and Social Sciences
- Health & Social Sciences- Business Development Group
- Sabbatical Committee.
External Roles
Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) Visitor
Module Leader in Sport Psychology (UCL) MSC SEM ; MSC Sport Physiotherapy
Professional Memberships
- British Psychological Society (BPS)
- BPS Division of Sport Exercise Psychology (DSEP)
- BPS Special Group in Coaching Psychology
- British Association of Sport Exercise Sciences (BASES)
- HEA - Special interest group - Olympics and Olymlic Legacy
- Royal Society of Medicine - Fellow
Languages Spoken
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Learning &
Teaching InterestsSport and Exercise Psychology; Applied Sport Psychology; Psychology of extreme sport; Psychology of Sport Injuries; Psychology of Enhancing Performance.
MSc/DProf/PhD Supervision.
Stage 2 BPS supervision for Sport & Exercise trainee Psychologists.
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Research Outputs &
InterestsPsychology of extreme sport; motivation and risk; psychology of recovery from sporting injuries, personality in extreme sport, profiling of participants involved in extreme sports, high risk and sensation seeking in extreme sport, performance enhancement.
PhD in the relationship between personality, sensation seeking and sporting participation (July 2012).
- Cohen,R. (TO BE RELEASED IN 2015). Sport Psychology: The basics: Optimising Human Performance. Bloombury Press.
- Cohen, R. (2014). 'Psychology of Enhancing Performance' in Key Clinical Topics in Sport & Exercise Medicine, edited by Navrani, Thomas and Lynn. JP Medical Publishers.
- Cohen, R. (2014). 'Psychology of Injury' in Key Clinical Topics in Sport & Exercise Medicine, edited by Navrani, Thomas and Lynn. JP Medical Publishers.
- Cohen,R. (2013) 'Applying Sport Pscyhology to Business'Think Outside the Box editorial in FitPro Business. April/May/June 2013 edition.
- Cohen,R . (2012). Abstract . Psychology of Extreme Sport .International Network of Sport and Health Science. Szombathely,Hungary. December 2012.
- Cohen, R. (2012) Key Note Speaker n Psychology of Extreme Sport. International Network of Sport and Health Science. Szombathely,Hungary. December 2012.
- 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 use of Neuro Linguistic (Journal of Health, Social and Environmental Issues, vol.10, no 1.pp. 5-12
- Cohen,R. FitPro 'A Question of Motivation' FitPro network November 2011
- Cohen, R . Book to be released 2014
In the Media
- "Start subsituting negative thoughts..." 18 Ways to be a Better Runner (Adrian Monti) - Women's Running UK - November 2014
- 17 Ways to be a Better Runner (David Castle) - Men's Running UK - 14th November 2014 "...visualise yourself running again", says Dr Rhonda Cohen
- Womens Running - Adrian Monti. A time out period...
- Take Control (Matthew Huckle) - Men's Fitness - September 2014... "Self Belief is important when taking risks", says Cohen
- The Telegraph (India) - Finger at Neymer and Boos
- Great British Chefs - July 2014. Dr. Cohen also sheds light on why a highly motivated indivudal might...
- "In making the shift towards being responsible..." The Biggest Losers (Adrian Monti) - Runners World UK - July 2014
- The Telegraph (India) - June 2014 - "Suarez would have been under pressure," said Rhonda Cohen, a sports and exercise psychologist at Middlesex University in the UK. "He was frustrated and reverted to an instinctual behaviour of biting."
- Kora - Rachel Wareing - Ultramarathons (in press)
- Top Sante - Laura Jane MacBeth
- Circus Fest at the Roundhouse - Impossible Acts - 17th April 2014
- "Don't look Down" - an interview on Australian '60 Minutes' about urban free climber James Kingston
- The Science of Sport - Middlesex Univeristy - March 2014
- "Adrenaline activities are for those who enjoy..." Dr Rhonda Cohen in Asia Spa (January-February 2014)
- Dr Cohen featured in Canada's National Post in an article entitled "The pursuit of flying just a stones throw from a tragic fall"
- Dr Cohen gives her expert views on CNN World Sport about downhill skier Lindsey Vohn
- Mail On Sunday supplement - Children and the benefits of exercise - March 2013
- Biography of Dr Cohen - 'In sport 90 per cent of what you do is psychological'. Ian Florence talks to Dr Rhonda Cohen in the British Psychological Society magazine, 'The Psychologist' October 2013
- Sporting Gestures and Global Health - Vision in Dubai - Olympic legacy, self esteem and depression
- Pourquoi Mario Balotelli ne rate aucun penalty? Nouvelle Tribune. 29 May 2013. Pour le Dr. Rhonda Cohen, Psychologue du sport et de l'exercice a l'Universite du Middlesex, Balotelli est un fin psychologue
- Balotelli je senzacny a neomyiny. V penaltach. SME.sk - 21 May 2013. "Balotelli dokaze odburat tiak, nevsima si publikum. Jedine, Na co sa sustredi, je pohyb brankara" tvrdi Rhonda Cohen
- Mail On Sunday supplement - quoted in Children and the benefits of exercise - March 2013 - "Applying sport psychology to business" by Dr.Rhonda Cohen. The Think Outside the Box editorial page in FitPro Business April/May/June 2013 edition
- The Balotelli Factor - Italy vs the Netherlands February 2013 Goal.com
- Why is it so hard to get back into running? Huffington Post - February 2013
- The wind of change is always difficult' Goal.com - January 2013
- Men's Health , December 2012, 'Are you a Workaholic?'
- Felix Baumgartner - jumps from space Huffington Post - October 2012
- The Daily Mail - Anti-gravity yoga: Dangling from the ceiling in a hammock made of parachute silk http://t.co/MzAAmq4p via @MailOnline
- Podium website congratulates Middlesex University student Lutalo for medal success 10th August 2012
- Channel 3 News - GB Team medal success - New Zealand - 10th August 2012
- British Psychological Society - news item about GB Team Home advantage 9th August 2012
- Daily Telegraph online - GB Team Medal success at London 2012 7th August 2012
- British Psychological Society - Ethics, Drugs and Sport 22nd May 2012
- Opening of the Human Movement Lab at Middlesex University 1st May 2012
- Daily Mail Why FIT is the new rich 30th April 2012
- Olympic Sprinter's boost to sport in Higher education
- Universities Week at Middlesex
- Limbering up for the Olympics
- Podium UK Universities Week 2012 - 2nd May 2012
- 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
- '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
- 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 behind Fernando Torres's Goal drought in 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" in Guiding in Autumn 2010 issue
- Daily MirrorSauna Championship tragedy, where Russian competitor dies
- Danish publication BT.dk and Finish publication Italehti.fi
- BodyFit Magazine September 2010 Motivation and Exercise
- The Daily Mail - Joint degree between Tottenham Hotspur and Middlesex University-July 2010
- 'Injury Time' in Women's running - July 2010 (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
- 50:50 Magazine - Psychology as a Profession (Oct 2009).
Television/Radio/Presentations
- Circus Fest at the Roundhouse - Impossible Acts - 17th April. Presentation and Roundtable discussion
- "Don't look Down" - an interview on Australian '60 Minutes' about urban free climber James Kingston
- The Science of Sport - Middlesex University - March 2014
- Daily Telegraph online - GB Team Medal success at London 2012 7th August 2012
- Channel 4 - Daredevils : life on the edge 4oD 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.
Publication Feed
The impact of Dementia Club UK on support for people living with dementia and their carers in the local community: findings from an external independent evaluation
Cohen, Rhonda and Hafford-Letchfield, Trish (2017) The impact of Dementia Club UK on support for people living with dementia and their carers in the local community: findings from an external independent evaluation. Project Report. Middlesex University with Dementia Club UK, London, UK.
Personality and sensation seeking in extreme sport
Cohen, Rhonda (2012) Personality and sensation seeking in extreme sport. In: The 7th INSHS International Christmas Sport Scientific Conference "Qualitative and Quantitative Research in Sport Science”, 9th -11th December 2012, University of West – Hungary, Savaria Campus, Institute of Sport Science and INSHS (International Network on Sport and Health Science) Szombathely – Hungary.
Sport psychology and use of neuro linguistic programming (NLP) in sport
Lazarus, Jeremy and Cohen, Rhonda (2009) Sport psychology and use of neuro linguistic programming (NLP) in sport. Journal of Health, Social and Environmental Issues, 10 (1). pp. 5-12. ISSN 1478-5692
Sport psychology: optimising human performance
Cohen, Rhonda (2016) Sport psychology: optimising human performance. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London. ISBN 978-1408172094 (Accepted/In press)
View more publicationsPsychology and sport rehabilitation
Cohen, Rhonda and Nordin, Sanna and Abrahamson, Earle (2010) Psychology and sport rehabilitation. In: Sports Rehabilitation and Injury Prevention. Comfort, Paul and Abrahamson, Earle , eds. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 275-296. ISBN 978-0-470-98563-2
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