KSR Speaker Series: In Conversation with Sport Psychologist Dr. Mark Nesti

Dr. Nesti's research and applied practice is unique in being the first qualified sport psychologist in the English-speaking world to draw explicitly on existential phenomenological psychology, counselling, identity, anxiety, spirituality, and peak performance. He has worked in Premier League football with first team players and staff at Aston Villa, Newcastle United, and other clubs. In this session, he will explain the benefits of existential phenomenology for sport psychology, organizational sport psychology, and counselling (both in research and applied practice) and advocate for greater use of these approaches in the discipline of sport psychology.

Speaker Bio

Dr. Nesti is a specialist in psychology applied to sport, especially in relation to professional football, tennis, golf and cricket. He has held lecturing positions at several UK Schools, including a top-ranked Liverpool John Moores University, School of Sport Sciences where he led its MSc sport psychology programme for 12 years. He is an alumnus of the University of Alberta (MA in Sport Psychology).