Doc Wayne In The News

Taking steps to prevent and/or address mental health challenges is imperative and can benefit all aspects of one’s life. Today, Stay in the Game Network Member Doc Wayne is sharing some tips that can help us take care of our mental health and...

Katharine Grover, director in the Northeast Health Industries Assurance practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers, was appointed to the board of Doc Wayne Youth Services.

A new study found that the mental health of teen girls may have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sage Journals: Journal of Education "This work was funded by the Sudbury Foundation who has provided [Doc Wayne] support for years. The research was completed in collaboration with Boston University’s Wheelock School of Education. Many thanks to all of our team...

The Boston NBC and Telemundo stations awarded a combined $315,000 to six local organizations.

Funds will be used by grantees to help them lead changes across our communities. Doc Wayne has been awarded $100,000 from NBC Universal.

Adults have long appreciated the mental health benefits of mindfulness. A recently published study in the International Journal of Spa and Wellness has demonstrated that there are positive impacts for children aged 9-12 too when teachers deliver school-based...

In the April Issue of The Provider: The Newspaper of the Provider's Council, Rebekah Roulier, LMHC, shares the reality, hope, and work to be done on the mental health front amidst "the unrelenting pandemic and economic, political and racial strife of the past...

Beth Caronna of Malden [Massachusetts], was recently hired as a Champions Network™ Facilitator at Doc Wayne Youth Services after interning and attending[as a client] there.

[David Cohen, CEO shares] how mental health (for all ages) has been an escalating crisis in the United States for years, with no substantial plan to address it. Mental health should be given the same priority as physical health; it shouldn’t be a line item on a...

Boston-based nonprofit uses sports — now online — to address stress and mental health issues for young people. Maggie Yuan, ED.D., LMHC is the Program Director for Doc Wayne and oversees the clinical team and delivery of clinical programming, and develops and...

Rebekah Roulier, nonprofit executive leader and licensed mental health clinician focused on driving innovation in the mental health and youth sport communities, speaks with host Chris Meek about the relationship between sport and mental health.

WEYMOUTH, MA — A Weymouth resident has joined Doc Wayne Youth Services, a Boston nonprofit that uses sport-based therapy to help at-risk youth, as a Facilitator for the organization's Champions Network training platform.

Doc Wayne Youth Services, a Boston nonprofit that fuses sport and therapy to strengthen at-risk youth, announces it has added 12 team members in varying roles to address the increasing demand for its services in the light of the pandemic as well as political and...

Doc Wayne Youth Services recently announced Natasha Goss, of Weymouth, joined the team as a facilitator for the Champions Network. As a facilitator, Goss will conduct trainings on various topics and support the...

In 1984, two 12-year-old boys – one Black, one White – met on a Connecticut soccer field, and decades later they have been reunited through soccer and social justice. David Cohen grew up in the upscale side of Hartford while Dushawne Simpson lived in the tough side...

The Pena family of South Boston shares how Doc Wayne has helped them over the last several years, even more during the pandemic. And, new board member Dushawne Simpson, a Black, professional athlete brings additional perspective and helps instill in the kids that...

The Boston Business Journal features perspective from Doc Wayne’s Deputy Director Rebekah Roulier, LMHC, in this op-ed about the urgent need for additional mental health services.

Dr. SADÉ CALLWOOD of Douglas has been named to the board of Doc Wayne Youth Services, a Boston nonprofit combining sport and therapy to heal and strengthen at-risk youth.

Former Babson men’s soccer player David Cohen ‘95 has been involved in sports-based youth development since 2008. Today, he’s the CEO of Doc Wayne Youth Services, an award-winning Boston nonprofit that focuses on the social, emotional, and behavioral well-being of...