sports psychology | Sports Psychology and Clinical Psychology – Part 2

Best-Known Experts Fail More Often Than Not as Dr. Murray Launches Website to Pick Games By John F Murray, Ph.D. Who is Dr. John F Murray? A leader in the field and profession of sports psychology, people know Dr. John F Murray as the clinical and sports psychologist in South Florida who helps prepare athletes […]

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Special Feature from JohnFMurray.com – May 27, 2018 – Palm Beach, Florida – I am neither Republican nor Democrat and register each year as an Independent. In this spirit, I try to evaluate the issues and candidates on my own and try to avoid the shallow expediency of a party affiliation or too much emotion […]

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Mental toughness, as measured on sports psychologists’ patented Mental Performance Index, was decisive once again Palm Beach, Florida – April 5, 2018 Dr. John F. Murray at http://www.JohnFMurray.com a licensed clinical and sport performance psychologist (aka the “Football Shrink,” the “Freud of Football” by the Washington Post and the author of “The Mental Performance Index: […]

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Sports Psychology Interview with Dr. John F Murray – Psychology Today – By Marty Nemko – April 30, 2016 – After conducting today’s The Eminents interview with sports psychologist John F. Murray, I’ve come away feeling that his advice applies not just to athletes but to most people who want to improve their mental performance. […]

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By John F Murray, PhD I would like to share some exciting news. I am going to keep it simple and concise, but I think you will realize that this is very powerful. As many of you know, I wrote a book after developing a new way to analyze football performance that included for mental […]

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By John F. Murray, PhD First, What is Happening in the NFL Playoffs! Hello from clinical and sports performance psychologist Dr. John F. Murray in Palm Beach, Florida. With all the excitement and craziness that is the NFL and the 2016 playoffs, I thought it was time to chime in again. There is no question […]

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Sports Psychology in Associate Press – By JANIE McCAULEY – July 30, 2015 – SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Patrick Willis walked away first with a nagging toe injury that kept him from being the dominant All-Pro linebacker of his prime. Then his heir apparent and San Francisco teammate Chris Borland followed with his own […]

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Sports Psychology Special to johnFMurray.com – Should Your Sports Psychologist Be Your Friend – June 18, 2015 – One of the earliest principles in psychotherapy, and a long held position since the early years of Freudian psychoanalysis, is the notion that strict professional boundaries must be maintained between a client or patient and his or […]

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Special to JohnFMurray.com – Hello from sports psychologist Dr. John F. Murray. Hope you all had a nice Easter or Passover weekend! In this blog, I’d like to reflect back on the past 15 years and talk a little more about sports psychology and the future. One advancement that I have made recently is to […]

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Special to JohnFMurray.com – Happy New Year 2015 from Sports Psychologist Dr. John F. Murray – Palm Beach, FL – Jan 4, 2015 – It was late in 1999 that I finished my post-doctoral training requirements, passed the Florida state licensing exam, and began working as one of a handful of legitimate and licensed clinical […]

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