Your trusted hub for mental health resources, built for athletes, powered by experts.
Athletes are trained to push through pressure, pain, and expectations — but support should be just as accessible as the next practice, playbook, or training plan. The Center for Athlete Wellbeing connects athletes, coaches, parents, and teams with trusted resources, expert guidance, workshops, and stories that remind every athlete they do not have to navigate it alone.
Not sure where to begin? Explore resources by how you’re feeling, discover topics that matter most, or search the library below.
Explore Resources →Start with what you’re feeling, facing, or trying to support.
Stress, pressure, anxiety, and mental overload.
Mental side of injury and returning to play.
Rest, recovery, motivation, and balance.
Resources for teammates, coaches, and families.
Browse guides, stories, videos, and tools.
Crisis support and urgent resources.
Pressure, anxiety, confidence, focus, and competing under stress.
Mental recovery, returning to play, resilience, and healing.
Life transitions, purpose, athlete identity, and personal growth.
Leadership, teammates, communication, and support systems.
Rest habits, recovery routines, performance, and wellbeing.
Immediate help resources, prevention, and urgent support.
Different people need different resources. Choose the pathway that best fits your role in sport.
Resources, stories, and tools for performance pressure, identity, recovery, mental health, and life beyond sport.
Support your athletes through communication, leadership, wellbeing practices, and team culture.
Guides and tools to help support athletes on and off the field throughout their journey.
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.
Get access to more athlete mental health tips and techniques at AFH’s YouTube channel!
Out of the Dark: Jack Beer Story
In partnership with our friends at WETA and their Well Beings initiative, we’re bringing you “A Champion’s Journey to Overcoming Anxiety” 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.
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.
Get access to more athlete mental health tips and techniques at AFH’s YouTube channel!
Kelsey Plum
Speak Light Into Yourself
Kamren Lawson
Write it down
Chasity Melvin
Count to 10
Chris Paul
Mindfulness Technique
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
Dr. Ganeev Singh
Kennedy Collins
Brandee Grate-Perry
Clark Slajchert
Dr. Katerina Paraskevas
Izza Mozaffar
Joycelyn (Jay) Kennedy
Julia Vitagliano
Mark Guirguis
Malea Jackson
Sara Tobias
Ofir Horovitz
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5/8/2026
In celebration of Mental Health Awareness Month and our upcoming Virtual Advocacy Day on May 13th, we’re excited to share this powerful blog on mental health advocacy – written by…
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AFH Wellbeing is a mental health and wellness resource, not a crisis or suicide response website. If you are in crisis, or experiencing thoughts of suicide, please call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or the LGBT National Hotline at (888) 843-4564. The service is free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
