Mental Health Resources

Hilinski’s Hope Foundation: A non-profit organization formed to promote awareness and education of mental health and wellness for student athletes. They have a six-lesson course, designed to help reduce the stigma of seeking help for mental health concerns ($6.00/student).

JVA

• 6 Ways to Help Volleyball Athletes with Anxiety and Panic Attacks (Jan. 2025)
• Tools for athletes to improve their mental health, such as: yoga, meditation and breathwork (Dec. 2022)
• Mental Health Guidance and Resources for Coaches, Athletes, and Parents (Aug. 2020)

NAIA - Mental health issues are at the forefront of the NAIA’s commitment to student-athlete health and safety. Understanding and appreciating the complexity of topics related to these issues are key components of the NAIA’s holistic approach to student-athlete development.

• NAIA Mental Health Toolkit - a resource for student-athletes, coaches, and administrators to use to help identify and understand resources available for managing mental health concerns (2024)
  • Depression
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Eating Disorders
  • Risk of Suicide
  • Mental Health Resources
  • National Resources
• U.S. Council for Athletes Health (Official Athletic Health and Safety Partner of the NAIA) - USCAH partners with universities, high schools, rec, club and youth sports programs of all sizes to deliver athlete health and safety consultation, and education

NCAA Sports Science Institute - Collaborating with the NCAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committees, as well as the most established medical, mental health and sports medicine organizations in the country, the SSI provides educational resources and inter-association best practices and tools which offer a model of care for student-athlete mental health.

• Mental Health Best Practices (2025)
• NCAA Goals Study (2024-25)
• How the NCAA is prioritizing mental health (May 2024)
• Mental Health Best Practices: Understanding and Supporting Student-Athlete Mental Health (2024)
• Substance Misuse Prevention Tool Kit (2024)
• NCAA Coach Well-Being Survey Results (Spring 2022)
  • Women's Volleyball Specific Results
• NCAA Student-Athlete Well-Being Survey (Fall 2021)
• Sleep and Wellness for Collegiate Athletes(2020)

Onriseis a mental health company that partners with the Pro Volleyball Federation (PVF) and League One Volleyball (LOVB) to provide mental health care to athletes and coaches through athlete-specific peer support, therapy, psychiatry, and crisis services

• League One Volleyball (LOVB) Pro athletes and coaches have unlimited access to Onrise's athlete-specific peer counseling, licensed therapy, psychiatric care, and to Onrise's 24/7 crisis support services (May 2024)
• Pro Volleyball Federation  provides access to mental health care and support through Onrise to each athlete on their team rosters and Pro Volleyball trainers, as well as six staff members per team including each team coach and athletic trainer (Oct. 2024)

P/ATH - We believe that healing the divisions in our society in the long run depends on teaching young people new skills around empathy and empowerment. The same skills that will make you a stronger athlete will also lead to greater personal success, higher self-esteem and a more equitable society.

Positive Coaching Alliance - Our vision is a world where every young person benefits from a positive youth sports experience with a coach who inspires them to become the best version of themselves in the game and in life.

The Courage First Athlete: Specialized sports crisis counselors are available to chat Monday- Friday from 12 pm - 8 pm PST for athletes, coaches, parents, and anyone in the athletic community who is experiencing emotional, physical, or sexual abuse.

Helpline: call or text 888-279-1026.

The Hidden Opponent - The Hidden Opponent is an accredited non-profit and advocacy group that raises awareness for student-athlete mental health and addresses the stigma within sports culture.

U.S. Center for Mental Health & Sport -  a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, develops sport environments that allow for optimum mental wellness by providing mental health training and resources, opening pathways to access additional mental health support services, and committing to the advancement of mental health and sport research.

WholeHealth Sport - Their goal is to impact one million athletes by building the infrastructure to help empower + equip sport parents, coaches + other sport professionals develop the skills AND support to recognize and respond to sport participants who may be navigating mental health or substance use challenges.

• WholeHealth Sport offers a sport focused Mental Health First Aid course.