Doc Wayne In The News

The 2026 Shuley Cup Charitable Hockey Tournament was held over the weekend at Cambridge’s Simoni Rink with more than $40,000 being raised so far in support of Doc Wayne. Thanks to the Shuley Nakamura Charitable Foundation, Doc Wayne will be able to support the mental health of youth and adults all across Massachusetts.

Doc Wayne announced the appointment of Rebekah Roulier, LMHC, as Executive Director. Recognized locally and nationally for over 16 years for her advocacy in work at the intersection of youth mental health and sport. Roulier assumes the role as the organization’s second-ever Executive Director, after serving as the organization’s Managing Director.

Doc Wayne announced the appointment of Rebekah Roulier, LMHC, as Executive Director. Recognized locally and nationally for over 16 years for her advocacy in work at the intersection of youth mental health and sport. Roulier assumes the role as the organization’s second-ever Executive Director, after serving as the organization’s Managing Director.

Check out Doc Wayne’s Managing Director Becky Roulier, LMHC, in her recent feature with Boston 25 News as she discusses our programs and impact across the Greater Boston area and beyond. You can watch the video below!

In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Doc Wayne was featured on WBZ News/CBS Boston where Managing Director Becky Roulier, LMHC, discussed our programs and impact across the Greater Boston area and beyond. You can watch the video here.

Goals for Good, a three-on-three soccer tournament to raise money for youth mental health care, was held on Sunday at Newton South High School. The event was organized by three rising Newton seniors— Liza Friedman, Jesse Dash and Risa Goldfeld— who are also spending their summer interning at Doc Wayne, a local mental health service for young people.

David Cohen, MBA ’01 is CEO at Boston-based nonprofit Doc Wayne, an organization that serves youth by integrating sports into traditional therapeutic practices. In his role, Cohen shapes local and global strategy, builds strategic and philanthropic relationships and ensures high-quality service delivery by the Doc Wayne team. 

Find out more about what inspires his purpose-driven work — and lessons he’s learned along the way.

In collaboration with Emerson basketball, the women’s and men’s basketball teams raised just under two thousand dollars to donate to Doc Wayne Youth Services, a non-profit organization that specializes in sport-based therapy centered on improving mental health for the youth community. Each member of the teams sported “Mental Health Matters” t-shirts during warmups to raise awareness about the positive connection between mental health and playing sports.

Tref Borden, an experienced nonprofit professional who received her Mindfulness Graduate Program degree in 2023, has joined the Board of Directors for Doc Wayne Youth Services. Learn more about Doc Wayne’s innovative sport-based mental health therapy work.

Christina Wood Baker, Ph.D., has joined the Board of Directors of Doc Wayne Youth Services, a nonprofit provider of sport-based mental health therapy for youth. The Boston-based organization has reached 1 million youth in 32 countries, including 2,880 served weekly throughout Greater Boston.