Athlete Mental Health & Performance| Licensed Clinical Social Worker | Certified Mental Performance Consultant® | Oakland Roots/Oakland Soul SC | CEO & Founder, AthMindset® | Published Author| Pro Podcaster|TedX Speaker
It is #WorldMentalHealthDay Today, I am privileged to share my most recent Athlete Mindset Podcast episode with Kensa Gunter, PsyD, CMPC, Director of National Basketball Association (NBA) & WNBA (Women's National Basketball Association) Mind Health. My first episode with Kensa was in 2021, is also a must-listen. Now, in 2024, we discuss the evolution of #mentalhealth in professional sports, highlighting the power of #resilience, #leadership, and #culturechange. Kensa shares insights on: -normalizing the mental health conversation -the psychological aspect of #injuryrecovery -the role of leadership in #athletewellbeing -the importance of #mentalperformance in #athleticexcellence -the connection between mental health and physical health Kensa and I both want to make a difference at the intersection of sports, mental health & performance, well-being, and #culture. We are both members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. ,Advisory Board members at ASPP at Dominican University of California, and we both earned our Certified Mental Performance Consultant® (CMPC) designation from the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/gm4SFZEQ #mentalhealthisahumanright #advocacy #worldmentalhealthday #podcast SportsE Media #mentalhealthforall #sportpsychology #cmpc