Such a tragic story. However, this achievement would not be an easy task. There are no Psycologist in this genre of sports, nor is there a want or need for it. Wether there is a want or a need for it doesn't matter however. It can still be useful. The best way to dive into this genre of esports psychology is to start where everything about it started... On the internet. Youtube is your friend i suggest you learn that as quick as possible. I would start by recording some some video's. Explian way elo hell doesn't exist and they psychology behind why people insist it does. Explain loosing streaks or going on tilt how they occur and how to avoid them. This can also be said with positive things. You can explain why it was so hard going from bronze 1 to silver 5 but you were easily able to move from silver 5 to silver three.. this is mostly because of your attitude toward the game. Once you get on a winning streak there is a significant difference in your play style. Also bronze 1 to silver 5 is a rather big achievement to lower elo players such as myself.
with this you can go over the psychology of games as they occure. Twitch.tv is a excellent place to do that. You can simply stream the broadcasts of games such as professional LOL players to a simple bronze 5 match. explain the psycology and thought processes between the two. Why each team is actually doing what they are doing.
Back on the youtube topic you can explain esport. Why people can connect with it. The effect of gamers in real life. Me personally i havean IQ of 142, and as you can tell by this post it doesn't mean i can spell very will. Having a very high IQ is hard for me. I play league of legends and can't seem to find out why i cant get out of bronze. IQ is just deductive reasoning. It doesn't mean i can spell good or make good decisions in a game like LOL. It simply mean that when I play velkoz i am more likely to land my plasma fission because i can quickly use trigonometry to mathmatically calculate where my enemy is, which way they are walking and how fast the skill shot actually moves.
I didn't tell you this to brag I am getting to a point. In the literal since I don't actually go over a bunch or numbers in my head in a split second before i start my skill shot. Having a high IQ only means that i am able to use the information given at a specific time, and (provided there is an answer to be obtained from the information) i can find the answer. a quick example to show you what i mean.
x^2+(6-2)=8
lets just assume i have no mathmatical background and am looking at this problem for the first time. Remember when we were all in highschool or middle school and saw this for the first time. It is rather confusing if you don't know what your doing. because the information i need to solve the problem and find X is there i can solve it rather easily. Most people are confused where i would already see a clear answer.
back to putting this in league of legends terms. In the field of psychology there are so much things to think about. you can simply explian in a youtube video why people like me tend to like LOL and play it often and the psycology behind it. There are also alot of current psycological theories that relate very well to this game. you can explian why they effect this game as some youtubers do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vny-dT8dxQI
People love youtubers that are very specific. I like this one. he uses theories and scientific thought process to relate the game to me in a way that make things more understandable to be. Also there is always lolmath (https://www.youtube.com/show/lolmath) in numorous other things that help me learn. I seem to be able to relate to things when there are explained in a more logical since. being an esports psycologist you would probably want to try and teach people on youtube to start the career path. Im sure riot or the community will have use for people with your skillset later on down the road so you might want to start getting your name out there now.
since you have a psycology degree you probably well aware of the three basic types of learners and i would suggest you use the two types that are within your capabilities to use
here is the example for those that don't know
Listening learners heard their mother, believed the information, and never touched a stove.
Seeing learners watched their brother touch the stove, and never touched it.
Experience learners touched the stove; but only once!
although you can't appeal to the expience learners because they would have to simply experience it to learn it. you can appeal to the others.
not only verbally explaining the situation and what you are trying to teach in your youtube video but you can play in the background a video that shows it also. preferably a LOL related video such as a match.
there are other types of learners such as Active and Reflective learners, Multi Modal learners, ect, ect. however those are the most dumb down three types of learners i can think of for the sake of this post.
Teach them the psycology of games. You don't have a teachers degree but teaching isn't a hard science to learn
never the less you can always reach out to professional teams or teams looking to go professional and can't quite figuer out how to get past that last step. Never the less if you can't provide some valid proff of your worth as an esport psycologist then no one will listen to you. I find you first step will be best if you step up and make a few video's
