Doc Wayne In The News

An Interview With Michelle Tennant Nicholson: “As a part of our [Authority Magazine] series about Mental Health Champions helping to promote mental wellness, I had the pleasure to interview Rebekah Roulier, LMHC.”

The pandemic has cast a long shadow over mental. That’s why Boston 25 News is Getting Real about this important issue and looking into possible solutions.

Young people in particular have struggled the last few years.

Doc Wayne Youth Services, a Boston-based non-profit, is using sports to help kids manage anxiety and behavioral issues.

One boy who is in the 5th grade told Boston 25 News, “What I like about sports is we get to play normal and have fun. It makes me control myself and my emotions.”

In honor of World Mental Health Day on October 10, we’re highlighting work being done by our partners to improve mental wellbeing through sport. As part of the Breaking Limits Programme created by Degree – also known as Rexona, Sure or Shield depending on where you are in the world – in partnership with Beyond Sport, Doc Wayne Youth Services has created a new resource.

Kudos to Mayor Michelle Wu and Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission, for creating the much-needed role of chief behavioral health officer for the City of Boston and selecting such an outstanding individual in Dr. Kevin Simon (“Boston’s new mental health czar lays out his goals,” Metro, Aug. 24).

Doc Wayne Youth Services, a Boston-based nonprofit whose sport-based therapy improves mental health, recently welcomed Alisha Greenberg and Frank F. Coulom III to its Board of Directors, bringing its membership to 14.

Studies reveal that youth mental health is positively impacted by team sports; that kids are likely to have less anxiety, depression, withdrawal, social problems and attention deficits.

Growing up in West Hartford, David Cohen could always be found playing sports, whether that be through town leagues or in the streets with his friends.

Exponential growth of Champions Network™ training in trauma-informed and sport-based therapies is helping address the youth mental health crisis.  

The wellness category of Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards honors products and services that improve either personal or global well-being, from equipment to apps to consumables. Read about the winner, self-medicating contact lenses that can stop allergic reactions before they start.

The Doc Wayne Foundation is a non-profit organization that aims to reimagine therapy through the lens of sports. With its innovative approach of sport-infused therapy, the organization has helped improve mental health of the students in the greater Boston area since 2002 and has been awarded grants in recent years from the NBC network in support of their contribution.