Ben Steyn Counselling Psychologist

Barend Steyn is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Pretoria and he is also a part-time lecturer and researcher in the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He is a sport psychologist in a practice for 35 years and is registered at the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a counselling psychologist. His qualifications consist of four degrees in the Human Movement Sciences, three degrees in Psychology and one Teachers diploma. The main goal for the D Ed Sport Science and D Phil Psychology is to achieve full qualification as a sport psychological researcher and practitioner. His main research focus is the reciprocal relationship between high performance and psychological well-being in the sport context, as well as in other performance-evaluative contexts. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles.