On behalf of the Hong Kong Society of Sport and Exercise Psychology (HKSSEP), I would like to express a very warm welcome to you all for visiting our page.
HKSSEP is an academic organization governed by professionally- and academically-qualified sport and exercise psychology experts in Hong Kong. All our past and current members consist of full-time university scholars and certified practitioners in the field. The HKSSEP mission is twofold: one, to serve the local community and industry by providing evidence-based sport and exercise psychology knowledge; and two, to facilitate discussions among local professionals to grow and thrive as a profession.
Since our establishment in 2003, we have come a long way. With support from government funding and hard work from our local experts, our achievements at the applied and academic level have been significant. Consistent applied sport psychology training from our practitioners has allowed our athletes to perform at the world-class level, and have, in turn, made a positive impact on the public’s perspective towards the subject. Impactful exercise psychology studies conducted by our academic colleagues have examined psychological well-being and exercise participation across different population groups. Our efforts to provide psycho education to the general public have also met with a lot of success in demystifying the stigma around sport psychology services: our public courses provide up-to-date, evidence-based knowledge on the intersection of sport, exercise, and psychology; we also provide platforms for private practitioners and governmental organizations to interact. It is heartwarming to see that our colleagues have been doing everything they can to ensure that the subject is developing in a healthy and professional direction.
Looking ahead, our to-do-list is long. We would like to see HKSSEP establish stronger ties with our international counterparts. Moreover, we aim to develop a better structure that can represent and safeguard the development of professional services for our potential clients. Professional colleagues, I invite you to be part of us. Friends that are interested in the area of sport and exercise psychology, I invite you to pay attention to our events, publications, website and Facebook page. Athletes, coaches, parents, if you are looking for sport and exercise psychology services, we would be happy to introduce and refer you to qualified practitioners within HKSSEP. Students who are looking to pursue a career in this field and want more information, you are welcome to reach us. I look forward to meeting you all at some point.
All the best!
Li Hin Yue, Henry, DPsy
Current President of HKSSEP