HELLO!
Are you a coach, administrator, executive, agent, choreographer, parent, or anyone else that interacts with athletes/performers?
Yes? Ok, proceed!
Do you sometimes scratch your head, feel clueless about and/or intimidated by dealing with the mental health stuff that comes up with your athletes/performers?
Yes?? Awesome, keep going!
Would you like a little bit of guidance on how to better manage your athletes/performers mental health concerns?
Yes??? Ahhh getting closer!
Finally, do you like learning and willing to spend a little bit of time to be educated on how to better manage your athlete/performer mental health?
Yes???? Then you came to the right place!
Welcome to the e-course...
MORE THAN WHISTLE - A Coaches Guide to Navigating the Mental Health Continuum.
During this course you will go from being clueless and intimated to aware of and deliberate about how to manage the mental health struggles of today. This course won't overwhelm you.
It's short. It's simple. And it's a start...a damn good start.
By the end of the course you will get the following:
- A general understanding of mental health and why it's important
- Identify "The Continuum" of mental health
- Specify three different levels along the mental health continuum (Green/Yellow/Red)
- Learn about stress and why it happens
- Strategies for finding and referring to available mental health resources
- Clarify what self injury is...and what it isn't
- Gain tools when faced with suicidal ideation
- Learn about what is needed to help navigate each level along the continuum and...
- HOW TO INTERVENE!
Ok cool, I'm kinda interested, but who the hell are you?
Great question! I'm Dr. Steve, a licensed and board certified counseling psychologist that also has specialized expertise in sport and performance psychology. What does this mean? It means I know a lot about the clinical realities of life such as stress, anxiety, and depression, as well as the culture of performance in sport, the arts, medicine, and business. Though there are more details in my bio, I wanted to just offer a little bit of a framework for why I know what I know and do what I do.
To put it short, you're in good hands.
Now, back to the brass tax! You've devoted a career to helping mold young people. This mental health thing has seemingly come out of nowhere like a force to be reckon with! You signed up for X's and O's not Ex's and Woes! But you know what, you got this! Just click that enroll button and let Dr. Steve help ya out a little. Trust me, it's a lot less scary than what you think and you are a helluva lot more than a whistle.
See ya soon!
Dr. Steve
Your Instructor
Dr Steve Graef, PhD is a counseling, sport, and performance psychologist in Ohio. He is the owner of Mindurance, an online private practice, and works as a sport psychologist for The Ohio State University Athletics. A former Buckeye football player, Dr. Steve has dedicated his professional work to helping athletes and other performers navigate the ups and downs of sport, performance, and life. He enjoys reducing the stigma of mental illness by sharing his knowledge using passion, enthusiasm, and a sense of humor. Join him in this educational and entertaining discussion about navigating the variety of mental health related concerns in today's student athlete.
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