Mental health concerns among athletes continue to be on the rise in recent years.

In a recent study by the NCAA, many athletes reported feeling overwhelmed, mentally exhausted, sleep difficulties, sadness, loneliness, and hopeless. Depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts are often common among athletes.

Athletes are typically high preforming individuals who feel the pressure to be the best at everything they do. This stress can take a toll on your mental health, relationships, and work. As an athlete, we spend so much of our lives going to practice, games, and team events that often it is difficult to imagine ourselves without the game. Such a loss in identity and structure can cause an extreme amount of stress and instability in our lives.

Therapy can help.

Are you an athlete that feels stuck in your game or has a drive to improve your current mental well-being? Are you stressed with the pressure to preform as an athlete, a student, an employee, or any other role you play? Are you trying to come back from an injury?

Maybe you are deciding what to do after your sport is over? Or who you will even be without your sport?

Maybe you are struggling with poor body image, over exercising habits, or disordered eating?

Have you experienced any suicidal thoughts or thoughts of harming yourself?

Therapy can help with that.

It is important that your therapist understands the culture behind being an athlete. The norms, the standards, the expectations are all important in the context of both elite and everyday athletes. I have worked with semi-professional, professional, Olympic, college, and high school athletes in order to improve their mental health. Together we will look at the issues that are presenting themselves in your life and focus on where you want to get to. We will discuss what your goals are going forward and how to meet them. We will also discuss anxiety, depression, stress or any other things that have gotten in the way of you achieving your goals.