Student-Athlete Mental Health
Mental Health is Just as Important as Physical Health
Mental Health is just important to attend to as physical health, and mental health can impact one’s physical health (and vice versa). Just like if an athlete experiences a physical injury, if they don’t seek help for this physical injury or mental health difficulty, they are going to experience more pain, suffer more and have a longer recovery time. The Moravian University Athletics and the Counseling Center are dedicated to supporting the mental health and wellness of Moravian athletes. We strive to promote a culture where caring for one’s mental health is the norm and receiving mental health support is no different than an athletic trainer supporting an injured athlete.
Counseling & Therapy Resources
The Counseling Center staff understands the unique challenges that student athletes experience. In addition to the academic demands, personal development, and social responsibilities of non-athletes, athletes also need to sustain optimal fitness and competitive levels, navigate the responsibility of team membership, and balance their time between academics and sport. Student athletes often anchor their personal identity to their athletic involvement, and therefore injuries, playing time, performance issues, etc., can all be a great source of stress and anxiety.
The Counseling Center provides a confidential space for our student athletes to explore, better understand, and navigate these unique student-athlete challenges. Athletes are students too, and counseling and therapy services can also help with managing things like relationship concerns, academic stress, depression, and social anxiety.
To schedule an appointment with the Counseling Center you can call 610-861-1510, email counselingcenter@moravian.edu, or submit an online Appointment Request Form.
In addition, the Counseling Center offers drop-in hours for student athletes at the athletic training office on the first Thursday of every month from 3:30pm-4:30pm. Please speak with your athletic trainer to learn more about the drop-in hours.
To learn more about services offered or understand how therapy may benefit, consider the links below:
Mental Health Resources for Student-Athletes
The information and links below contain mental health resources and sport psychology skills that can be used to improve well-being and performance as a collegiate student athlete.