Healthy Mind, Healthy Body: Boise State Counselor On 21st Century Athletes Facing Higher Hurdles

.....Sure, I spend my days doing a variety of things, some of it is direct client care, where I meet one on one with student athletes; and I also do team talks where I go in, and we call them team talks. And those are just educational talks that we go in to do with the teams. I also meet with coaches, and there`s the administrative part where I have just meetings in general about the program and different decisions that are being made. I meet with student athletes for a variety of reasons: some related to sports performance, some that is more based in mental health. But the student athletes … they definitely have a different set of pressures than their same age peers. But the issues and the things that they`re dealing with are the same in terms of a lot of anxiety and whether it be on the field or off the field. But the things that you have going on in life ultimately affects you on the field as well. And so it`s helping certain athletes process what they have going on and help to create kind of a mental locker so that they can focus on sport when it`s game time.....   ...more

Bethany`s Notes: A small look into what a mental health professional`s day may look like at the college level. Meet Boise State`s athletic counselor: Stephanie Donaldson