Athlete

Counseling

Athletes often navigate mental health challenges tied to performance expectations, pressure, and personal identity. Therapy creates a supportive space for athletes to process these experiences, manage anxiety or depression, and develop the mental strength and resilience needed to thrive.

  • Injured Athletes

    Injury can shake an athlete’s world—not just physically, but emotionally and mentally. Being sidelined can bring feelings of loss, disconnection, and frustration, especially when sport has been central to one’s identity and well-being. Because physical activity often serves as a key way to manage emotions, its absence can leave athletes feeling unanchored. Therapy provides a compassionate space to make sense of these experiences, strengthen resilience, and rediscover purpose and connection during recovery.

  • Youth & High School Athletes

    Young athletes aiming for college sports face tough competition, high pressure, and constant demands. Counseling helps them build mental strength, handle stress, and boost confidence. With personalized support, they can manage anxiety, avoid burnout, and balance sports with school and social life. This full approach improves performance and supports overall well-being, helping athletes succeed in and out of the game.

  • Collegiate Athletes

    College athletes navigate intense pressures, from high level competition, maintaining scholarships to balancing demanding academic schedules. Alongside their athletic commitments, they are also preparing for a career and life beyond sports. Therapy offers a supportive space to manage stress, strengthen resilience, and build the skills needed to thrive both in sports and in life..

  • Professional Athletes

    Professional athletes deal with unique mental and emotional demands that come from constant pressure, public attention, and the drive to succeed. Balancing competitions, contracts, injuries, and career changes can harm their mental health. Therapy offers a private, supportive space to handle stress, stay focused, and develop the strength needed for top performance and personal happiness.

  • Mature Athletes

    As athletes age, they often face new challenges that are both physical and emotional. Changes in performance, recovery, and ability can bring frustration, grief, or a loss of identity after years of defining oneself through sport. Therapy offers a supportive space to process these transitions, rediscover purpose beyond competition, and develop new ways to stay connected to what brings meaning and fulfillment.

Athlete Mental Health & Performance Specialist

Learn more about Dr. Priya

The Perspective I Bring to Athlete Counseling

I am a former Division I lacrosse player, a triathlete, a certified yoga instructor, and bring over 20 years of coaching experience from youth through high school varsity levels into the counseling room with athletes. As a former player and coach, as well as a mom of youth athletes, I have experienced both the challenges and growth that come from competing. Along with my personal experiences of sports throughout my life, I also work as a physical therapist helping athletes of all ages recover from injuries and return to the activities they love.

I personally understand the connection between physical and emotional health, having navigated multiple surgeries during my own athletic career. For me, sports have not just a part of my life, but they have been the defining feature of my identity. I understand firsthand the physical and emotional devastation that can come with injury which fuel my passion for supporting athletes facing mental health challenges.

Athletes often face common mental health challenges due to the demands of competition and life, including depression, anxiety, identity struggles, and, at times, the complex emotions that can accompany injury and return to competition. My experiences as an athlete, coach, mother of athletes, sports physical therapist and mental health counselor drive my passion and skill in helping athletes face challenges and build strength, confidence, and balance in sports and life.