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Module 1: Issues and Techniques in Counseling Diverse Athletes Across the Lifespan

Course
Virtual
3 CE Hours
Clinical

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Description

This module examines current counseling strategies used with members of sports teams at the youth, high school, college, and professional levels. Participants will explore current research in four main areas:  (a) motivation and life skill development, (b) psychosocial development, (c) clinical issues, and (d) career maturity. This module will also allow participants to take a close look at who they are as individuals, to integrate the “counselor as a person” with the formalized knowledge gained by the module, and to understand how they relate to counseling diverse athletes.

Target Audience
  • • Counselors
  • • Substance Use Disorder Professionals
  • • Psychologists
  • • Social Workers
  • • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Identify 2 significant issues related to the connection between athletic involvement and personal development.

  • Identify 3 clinical issues that athletes may experience at the youth, high school, college, or professional level.

  • List 3 basic counseling strategies related to various athletic populations.

  • List 3 intervention strategies for specific and diverse groups of athletes.

  • Define 2 issues related to identification with athletic roles and vulnerability to health endangering behaviors.

  • List 3 ethical standards related to the practice of sports counseling.

References

  • Forster-Scott, L., Tinsley, T. M., Ng, K., Withycombe, J. L., & Poudevigne, M. (2017). Diversity in sport psychology assessment. In Jim Taylor (Ed.), Assessment in sport psychology consulting. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, Inc.

  • Loughran, M. J. (2019). Counseling and psychological services for college student-athletes. Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology.

  • Moreland, J. J., Coxe, K. A., & Yang, J. (2018). Collegiate athletes’ mental health services utilization: A systematic review of conceptualizations, operationalizations, facilitators, and barriers. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 7(1), 58-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2017.04.009

  • Petitpas, A. J., & Tinsley, T. M. (2014). Counseling interventions in applied sport psychology. In J. L. Van Raalte & B. W. Brewer (Eds.), Exploring sport and exercise psychology (pp. 241–259). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/14251-011

  • Purcell, R., Gwyther, K. & Rice, S.M. Mental Health In Elite Athletes: Increased Awareness Requires An Early Intervention Framework to Respond to Athlete Needs. Sports Med - Open5, 46 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-019-0220-1

  • Rice, S.M., Purcell, R., De Silva, S. et al. The Mental Health of Elite Athletes: A Narrative Systematic Review. Sports Med 46, 1333–1353 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-016-0492-2

  • Tinsley, T. M., & Ellis, M. D. (2024). Sport counseling techniques. In S. Kent Butler & Ann Shillingford (Eds.), Intersectional counseling skills: The journey to becoming a culturally inclusive counselor. Cognella.

  • Zagelbaum, A. (2014). School counseling and the student athlete: College, careers, identity, and culture. Routledge

Clinical
Counselors

TPN.health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7267. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. TPN.health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

 

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LPCCs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

 

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0220.

Substance Use Disorder Professionals

This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programming. Counselor Skill Group: Legal, Ethical and Professional Development.

Psychologists

Pending approval.

Social Workers

TPN.health, #1766, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2022 – 03/31/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 3 continuing education credits.

 

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

 

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0654.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

 

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

CE Policy
TPN.health and this educator have no conflicts of interest and have not received any commercial support for this program or its contents.
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Taunya Marie Tinsley, PhD, DMin, NCC, LPC

Dr. Taunya Marie Tinsley owns Transitions Counseling Service LLC and Life Skills Program, which includes a ministry division, Love and Basketball Ministries, and Life Coaching Services. She provides individual, marriage, family, and group counseling services, coaching and consultative services, and leadership development training. Additionally, she serves as the Clinical Director of the Mount Ararat Baptist Church Counseling Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is a National Certified Counselor (NCC), Licensed Professional Counselor (PA & NJ), and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (OH). Dr. Tinsley accepted the call to ministry on December 4, 2011, and was ordained on December 12, 2022, at Mount Ararat Baptist Church in Pittsburgh.

With a rich professional journey spanning over 30 years, Dr. Tinsley has garnered invaluable experience in clinical counseling, higher education, athletic administration, and culturally relevant ministries. Her diverse background also includes providing personal and academic growth opportunities for aspiring professional counselors, church leaders, and other helping professionals. As a former student-athlete, sports coach, and athletic administrator, she brings a unique perspective to mentoring and coaching professionals in both the sports and corporate industries. Her work with high school and professional athletes, coaches, athletic administrators, business executives, leaders, and other professionals in high-pressure contexts further underscores her ability to deliver high-performance standards.

Dr. Tinsley spent nine years at California University of Pennsylvania as a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Counselor Education and Program Coordinator for the Sports Counseling Certificate Program. She has also served as the Director of Graduate Programs in Counseling at both Waynesburg University and Missio Seminary as well as an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Education and Counseling Department at Villanova University and Associate Professor at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), in the Counseling and Human Services program.

Dr. Tinsley’s dedication extends beyond her professional commitments, as evidenced by her active involvement in community advocacy. She has championed organizations, helping professionals and their clients, serving as the North Atlantic Regional Representative for the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD), the President of the Pennsylvania College Counseling Association, and the President of the Pennsylvania Counseling Association. In 2006, she collaborated with the American Counseling Association to develop, facilitate, and enhance the Sports Counseling Interest Network. Her leadership roles in the Association of Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling and the American Counseling Association’s inaugural Anti-racism Commission highlight her commitment to making a difference.

Dr. Tinsley has distinguished herself as a scholar, practitioner, and writer, having earned a BA in Business Administration from Augsburg College in Minneapolis, MN and her MA degree in Higher Education Administration and College Student Development from the University of Iowa. Dr. Tinsley graduated from Duquesne University with a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision. She has been inducted as a Postdoctoral Member into the Yale Graduate School Chapter of the National Bouchet Graduate Honor Society that was based on her outstanding accomplishments as a scholar and leader with a strong commitment to promoting diversity and excellence within the academy. Dr. Tinsley completed her requirements for the Certificate in Missional Theology from Biblical Theological Seminary (now Missio Seminary) and earned her Doctor of Ministry with a focus in Prophetic Congregational Development Using 21st Century Methods, Establishing Strong Leadership from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio.

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