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Dr Alex Oliver

@dralexoliver.bsky.social
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Chartered Psychologist, Lecturer, Sport and Exercise Psychologist (HCPC). 🧠. Keen to share and connect over all things Psychology.

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Alban Dickson @albandickson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Yesterday saw the latest Scottish Sport and Exercise Psychology Network meet in Edinburgh. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Presentations spanned marketing for trainees, post-exercise malaise, professional judgement and decision making, and confidentiality. Get in touch to join us next time! @dralexoliver.bsky.social
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Dr Alex Oliver @dralexoliver.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Earlier this week we got together to celebrate our project Psychology for the Common(wealth) Good. Our project has seen @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social DPsych Sport and Exercise students deliver support to athletes from across the commonwealth (🇼🇸🇻🇬🇬🇬🇸🇨🇫🇰)
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Dr Alex Oliver @dralexoliver.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Ever wondered about the link between Metacognition and Artificial Intelligence? Well now you can find out a little bit more... My contribution to the The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Cyberpsychology is now live and available for your reading pleasure here: link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
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Metacognition and Artificial Intelligence
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Dr Alex Oliver @dralexoliver.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
2 years ago, ahead of Euro 2024, I shared insights and thoughts in this blog with the @bpsofficial.bsky.social. As we’re approaching the World Cup 2026, it still holds relevance! Check out this page: www.bps.org.uk/blog/helping...
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Helping footballers excel at the top of their game | BPS
Whether it’ll be ‘Coming down the road’ or ‘Coming home’, the success behind the winners of this summer’s Men’s European Football Championship - kicking off today - could come from embracing psycholog...
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Dr Alex Oliver @dralexoliver.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Football authorities need to have meaningful conversations about how interns are treated. An extreme case in Southampton and “spygate” - but not the first (and won’t be the last) club to exert pressure and be exploitative… Source: The Times share.google/3MF0GeCigP4g...
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Southampton intern ‘felt pressure’ to spy on opponents
Independent commission says use of a junior staff member was ‘deplorable’, in judgment that appears to leave head coach Tonda Eckert’s position untenable
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Dr Alex Oliver @dralexoliver.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
What a whirlwind few months it has been! Earlier this year I successfully completed my SEPAR training and I am now registered with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist. Earlier this week I shared my experiences with trainees at the Scottish Network meet.
Alex stands at lecturn. In the background there is a projected screen, the screen is showing a timeline of Alex’s near-four year journey on SEPAR with key dates and milestones highlighted.
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Dr Alex Oliver @dralexoliver.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl... In late 2024 I called for sport psychologists to be AI-literate because (potential) clients might be using GenAI. You can read that here: explore.bps.org.uk/content/bpss...
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Generative AI in sport and exercise psychology: Exploring opportunities and overcoming challenges
Sport and Exercise Psychologists are required to remain aware of technological advances and the impact that these may have on their profession. Artificial Intelligence (AI), and in particular Generative AI (GenAI), has become available to the general public and has widespread use much like the rise of the internet in the late 1990s. This advancement in technology has created new challenges for Psychologists – whether they are in practice or academia. Like the internet, AI tools may be a double-edged sword and have the potential to disrupt both the academic and applied practice of psychologists, offering both challenges and opportunities for the field. Therefore, it is important that Psychologists develop AI literacy so that they are equipped with knowledge on the functionalities of AI and understand the ethical implications for its use. In particular, knowledge of the underlying systems, their general principles, and the ways in which they have developed ‘knowledge’ are crucial for navigating AI whether it is to be integrated into practice or not. The aim of this paper is to discuss the potential transformation and innovation in practice provided by AI and argues that for this to be achieved the development of AI literacy is the starting point.
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Dr Alex Oliver @dralexoliver.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
I’ve just submitted my abstract for the @bps-dsep.bsky.social annual conference. There’s still time to get your abstract in. DSEP annual conference is a real highlight of the year with a wonderful, collegiate and supportive group. Plenty of opportunities for networking too!
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Lloyd Emeka @lloydeo.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Really excited to commence the 2nd study of my PhD thesis. If you are an endurance athlete undertaking 6+ hours of training per week, living with persistent or recurrent pain for 3 months or longer, and 18 years+, please consider participating in the study.
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Dr Alex Oliver @dralexoliver.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
The managerial merry-go-round is in full swing at this time of year 🎠 with a good few teams appointing new head coaches in the last few weeks. Here’s a really quick overview of just some of the underlying psychology processes…
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Dr Alex Oliver @dralexoliver.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
An insightful article from last year, though, would be good if we could further normalise sport psych provision. The critic in me asks the question is whether it should it take the prospect of PSG winning the UCL for this to happen? Maybe it will 🤔 psgpost.com/posts/luis-e...
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Luis Enrique and Joaquin Valdes, PSG's hidden psychological advantage
In the world of football, the presence of a psychologist within the coaching staff is not common. However, for Luis Enrique, this figure has always been crucial
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Dr Faye Didymus @fayedidymus.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Would you like to join a vibrant, collegial, & ambitious research team working on an impactful project? ⭐️ We're recruiting a #postdoc (0.8FTE, 18 months) in the Carnegie School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University. Please RT to spread the word 🗣️ Deadline: 7th May ✍️ tinyurl.com/yc7abheu
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Dr Alex Oliver @dralexoliver.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
More and more of us seem to be flocking to Bluesky. I’ve got a list/feed of those with an interest in Sport and Exercise Psychology - but it’s hard work trying to keep up. Do let me know if you want to be added to the list - and if you sub to the list it should appear as its own feed.
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Dr Alex Oliver @dralexoliver.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Really looking forward to this event! I’m sure that Dr Simpson will be an excellent chair 😀
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Dr Alex Oliver @dralexoliver.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
A very important topic in the field of Sport and Exercise Psychology is the use of Artificial Intellgience (AI) and in particular Generative AI (GenAI). We’re bound ethically to be aware of technological advances and how these impact our practice.
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Dr Alex Oliver @dralexoliver.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Beautiful aurora over Scotland this evening - taken from my back door.
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Dr Alex Oliver @dralexoliver.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Home-bound after a fantastic couple of days at #DSEP2024. Lots of learning and catching up with old friends and making new friends too. So much to reflect on; but a unifying message across the conference was the importance on the strength of relationships we create.
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Dr Alex Oliver @dralexoliver.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Beautiful morning here. Looking forward to a jam-packed day!
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Dr Alex Oliver @dralexoliver.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
A morning of teaching and then Belfast-bound. Very excited about @bps-dsep.bsky.social!
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Dr Alex Oliver @dralexoliver.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Come and join us in Belfast on Tuesday and Wednesday for what promises to be another thoroughly insightful and engaging conference!
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Dr Alex Oliver @dralexoliver.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Re-sharing this, the feed will update with my list, if you want to be included on the feed - let me know. 📲
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Dr Alex Oliver @dralexoliver.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
I’ve attempted to put together a feed of all things Sport and Exercise Psychology from expert voices in the field! You should be able to add this to your home page and flick between different feeds. As our community on here grows so will the list and feed… 🧠💭 bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Dr Alex Oliver @dralexoliver.bsky.social · 15/10/2024
I’ve loved football for as long as I can remember, but I’ve felt increasingly challenged by the lack of regard to wellbeing in the game. I’ve shared more in depth reflections on my #substack here: open.substack.com/pub/dralexol.... I’d love to hear your reflections too!
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Feeling Torn: A Psychologist and football fan's grapple with the lack of wellbeing promotion in professional football.
A candid reflection from a football fan and psychologist on wellbeing in football (soccer) and why we need to start listening to the players.
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Dr Alex Oliver @dralexoliver.bsky.social · 09/09/2024
It was my first time at the BPS offices in London for what was a very productive BPS DSEP committee meeting. There’s lots to look forward to over the next few weeks and months!
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Dr Alex Oliver @dralexoliver.bsky.social · 27/08/2024
I’ve recently joined Substack to share some reflections on working in the field of #Psychology. In my latest post I take a closer look at what we mean by “success” and would should we mean by success. open.substack.com/pub/dralexol...
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What even is success?
One of the most challenging questions I can think of!
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Dr Alex Oliver @dralexoliver.bsky.social · 22/08/2024
👋🏻 hello Bluesky world 👋🏻 I’m Alex, I’m a humanistic #Psychologist passionate about empowering those I work with; particularly fostering #metacognition. I work as a lecturer and I’m going through further accreditation as a Sport and Exercise Psychologist. I will use this space to connect and share!
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