Sport psychology training within a clinical psychology program and a department of intercollegiate athletics

Many applicants to clinical and counseling psychology programs are interest ed in receiving the. training needed to practice competently in the profess ional specialty area of sport psychology. In this article, the authors desc ribe a collaborative training and service relationship between an APA-accre dited clinical psychology pro.-ram and an intercollegiate athletics departm ent. Sport Psychology Services provides performance enhancement, program ev aluation, and mental health services to the athletic department. In return, graduate students receive applied training, financial support, and opportu nities to conduct research. The authors present program evaluation data and offer practical guidelines to graduate programs wishing to establish simil ar training opportunities.