Development Psychology (part 1) with David Kitchen

On this episode, Coach David Kitchen joins me today to shed light on Development Psychology. Dave is the Founder & CEO of Edge Leadership Academy, which is committed to training leaders and taking organizational culture to an elite level. Before we kick off Dave takes us through his past experiences of going through his trials and tribulations of becoming a Division I Strength and Conditioning Coach. From running out of money, to sleeping on a couch, Dave figured it out.

In this episode we cover many topics such as: Stages of Psycho-Social Development, Identity Crisis, Narcissism, Music and Psych Development, & Mental Health topics.

Dave is currently working on his PhD in Development Psychology. Basically, Development Psychology is the scientific study of how and why humans change over the course of their life. Sounds simple, however Coach Kitchens breaks down stages of Development Psychology and WHY human beings change over the course of their personal lifespan, and the influences are stemmed from different motivations at different stages of life.

We talk about the work of Erik Erikson, who was a German-American development psychologist, who developed a theory of identity crisis, Stages of Psycho-Social Development. All these points are well spoken of during the episode, as Dave gives examples of each stage crisis. How the brain begins to develop and change over time is a huge interesting mystery to me, and we speak about how we can imply development psychology theories to athletes in the weight room.

Dave can be reached via email or social media at:

Dkitchen7863@gmail.com

@coachDkitch