This case  study involves the progression from a cognitive-behavioral, psychological
skills training approach with a rugby football player experiencing adjustment and
mood disorder to a psychodynamic and interpersonal engagement with the client
using themes from Buddhist psychotherapy. The study charts the development
of the psychologist’s understanding of his relationships with clients and with his
supervisor. We present a study of three people (i.e., the client, the psychologist,
the supervisor) and how their stories and interpersonal interactions are interwoven
from a Buddhist-psychodynamic perspective. We examine the influences of the
dominant White culture on the male psychologist’s perceptions contrasted with
the client’s background as a Pacific Islander. In addition, we present a projective
test, which was central to the unfolding of this case study, designed for use with
athletes. This case study is a confessional tale (Sparkes, 2002) told in the first-
person from the psychologist’s viewpoint.