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Beyond the Game: Effective Strategies for Improving Athlete Mental Health

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1.5 CE Hour
Clinical
Starts At $5

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Description

Approximately 36 million people in the United States participate in organized sports. This substantial participation underscores the need to look beyond the fanfare to understand the mental health needs of athletes. The demands of training, competition pressures, commercialization, and visibility of their performances can make athletes susceptible to various mental health issues. This presentation provides counselors with valuable insights, evidence-based techniques, and practical strategies for navigating the intricacies of working with athletes of any age. By addressing these mental health needs, counselors can help athletes achieve peak performance and optimal mental health.

Target Audience
  • • Social Worker
  • • Psychologist
  • • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • • Counselor
  • • Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is to increase knowledge about the psychosocial and cultural factors impacting athlete mental health,  the importance of adopting a holistic approach to athlete mental health, and evidence-based counseling techniques tailored to athletes.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Identify at least 2 psychosocial factors impacting athlete mental health.

  • Identify at least 2 cultural factors impacting athlete mental health.

  • Summarize the importance of adopting a holistic approach to athlete mental health.

  • Explain 3 evidence-based counseling techniques tailored to athletes.

References

  • Brown, G. (Ed.), (2014). Mind, body and sport: Understanding and supporting student-athlete mental wellness. National Collegiate Athletic Association.

  • Castaldelli-Maia, J. M., Gallinaro, J. G. M. E., Falcão, R. S., Gouttebarge, V., Hitchcock, M. E., Hainline, B., Reardon, C. L.,& Stull, T. (2019). Mental health symptoms and disorders in elite athletes: A systematic review on cultural influencers and barriers to athletes seeking treatment. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 53(11), 707–721. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2019-100710

  • Gattis, C., & Moore, M. (2022). A conceptual analysis of maltreatment in sports: A sport social work perspective. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 4, Article 1017308. http://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2022.1017308

  • Gavrilova, Y., & Donohue, B. (2018). Sport-specific mental health interventions in athletes: A call for optimization models sensitive to sport culture. Journal of Sport Behavior, 41(3), 283-304.

  • Reich, A. L., Milroy, J. J., Wyrick, D. L., & Hebard, S. P. (2021). A social ecological framework: Counselors’ role in improving student athletes’ help-seeking behaviors. Journal of College Counseling, 24(1), 81-96. http://doi.org/10.1002/jocc.12178

  • Ströhle A. (2019). Sports psychiatry: Mental health and mental disorders in athletes and exercise treatment of mental disorders. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 269(5), 485–498.

Intermediate
Clinical
Social Worker

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0654.

TPN.health, #1766, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2022 – 03/31/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 Clinical continuing education credits.

Psychologist

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LEPs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Trusted Provider Network maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0125.

Marriage & Family Therapist

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

TPN.health is a CAMFT-approved continuing education provider, provider #1000101.

Counselor

TPN.health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7267. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. TPN.health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0220.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LPCCs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Substance Use Disorder Professionals

This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programming.This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programing. Counselor Skill Group: Counseling Services

CE Policy
This course is fiscally sponsored by South Carolina Counseling Association. There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
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Dr. David Schary, LPC-A, Ph.D

Dr. David Schary is a Professor of Exercise Science at Winthrop University. He teaches and conducts research on sport psychology and health promotion. Dr. Schary also serves as the Director of Mental Health and Performance for Winthrop Athletics. In his role, he works with student-athletes to improve their performance and wellbeing. Dr. Schary earned his Ph.D. in Exercise and Sport Science, with a concentration in Exercise and Sport Psychology at Oregon State University. He completed M.Ed. in Counseling and Human Development with a concentration in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Winthrop University and is currently an LPC-A. Dr. Schary is also completing the requirements for the Association of Applied Sport Psychology’s Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC). Prior to academia, Dr. Schary coached high school and college rowing. He rowed for four years at the University of California, Davis.

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