Center for Athlete Wellbeing - Athletes for Hope

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Mental Health Tips from AFH Athletes

Kelsey Plum

WNBA Player

Speak Light Into Yourself


Chasity Melvin

Former WNBA Player

Count to 10


Kamren Larsen

BMX Racing Olympian

Write it Down


Chris Paul

NFL Football Player

Methods to Unplug


Out of the Dark: Jack Beer

In partnership with our friends at WETA and their Well Beings initiative, we’re bringing you a story that goes far beyond the scoreboard.

This powerful short film pulls back the curtain on former Georgetown soccer standout Jack Beer as he opens up about the pressure, anxiety, and deeply human realities so many athletes face behind the scenes. It’s honest. It’s vulnerable. And it shows why speaking up might just be the strongest play an athlete can make.

Find the support you need

Search and sort through expert-verified articles, guides, and tools designed to meet athletes where they are — whether you’re looking for tips, training, or crisis support.

Mind of the Game Workshop

AFH’s Mind of the Game Workshop is facilitated by a board-certified sports psychiatrist & is designed for collegiate, professional, Olympic, and Paralympic athletes. Through powerful stories, group dialogue, and performance-focused exercises, this workshop helps athletes sharpen their mental edge for competition, recognize and overcome internal obstacles to winning and build strategies to push through mental blocks under pressure.

Athlete Mental Health Research Fellows

Our Research Fellows are advancing the future of athlete mental health. Each fellow brings unique expertise and passion to studying the challenges athletes face—and developing solutions that support wellbeing in sport and life.

Dr. Lily Kurtz

Lydia Rader

Lydia Rader

Dr. Ganeev Singh

Dr. Ganeev Singh

Kennedy Collins

Kennedy Collins

Brandee Grate-perry

Brandee Grate-Perry

Clark Slajchert

Clark Slajchert

Dr. Katerina Paraskevas

Dr. Katerina Paraskevas

Izza Mozaffar

Izza Mozaffar

Joycelyn (Jay) Kennedy

Joycelyn (Jay) Kennedy

Julia Vitagliano

Julia Vitagliano

Lucy Teel

Lucy Teel

Malea Jackson

Malea Jackson

Sara Tobias

Sara Tobias

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AFH Wellbeing Blog

When the World Watches: Mental Health at the Winter Olympics and the Role of Athletes for Hope

by Mena Mirhom, MD, FAPA, AFH Chief Wellbeing Officer The Winter Olympics showcase extraordinary physical precision. What they also reveal, increasingly, is something just as powerful: the psychological cost of…

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