Sustaining an injury can be traumatic for a collegiate student-athlete. Serious injuries are often accompanied by complex emotional and psychological responses that warrant a mental health consultation and clinical intervention. Anxiety and stress-related concerns are increasingly prevalent in the student-athlete population, particularly among female student-athletes. This paper reviews the relevant injury, sports psychology, and counseling literature pertaining to student-athletes, with a focus on female collegiate athletes. Utilizing a hypothetical case illustration, the counseling needs of the injured female student-athlete are discussed. Three therapeutic interventions: expressive writing, cognitive processing therapy, and Koru Meditation, an evidencedbased curriculum for teaching mindfulness skills, are proposed to reduce anxiety, injury-related stress, and other mental health concerns in this population.
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Mildred Mary Witt
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E. Whitney G. Moore and Karen Weiller-Abels
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Lori Gano-Overway
reckoning and the disproportionate effects of the pandemic, the WSPAJ editorial board has been mindful of how we are maintaining and elevating the mission of WSPAJ . Furthermore, from a cultural humility lens there is a need for continual self-reflection and critique, adjustments in power imbalances, and
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Erin L. Kelly, Michelle Minehan, and Kate Pumpa
out irrelevant and distracting thoughts, and for participants, this was a meditative experience. For example, “I think that’s what I like about it, is the complete focus to do the lift. To me, it’s a form of mindfulness. You have to be in there, if you’re not there, then you’re probably dead” (Linda
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Jennifer T. Coletti, Veronica Allan, and Luc J. Martin
peers or included “love triangles,” overly feminine illustrations of girl characters, and a lack of emphasis on the competitive nature of girls’ sport, as well as a particular rhetoric to be mindful of when reading through each of the books. While some of our preconceived ideas were reinforced (e
The 2019 Biennial International Female Athlete Conference Proceedings
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Carl Langan-Evans, Colum Cronin, Mark A. Hearris, Kirsty J. Elliott-Sale, and James P. Morton
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