The price she pays : confronting the hidden mental health crisis in women's sports--from the schoolyard to the stadium / Katie Steele, LMFT and Tiffany Brown, PhD, LMFT with Erin Strout.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steele, Katie (Therapist), author.

Brown, Tiffany, author.

Strout, Erin, 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child psychology.

Sports for women--Psychology.

Sports for women.

Gender identity in sports.

Women athletes--Mental health.

Women athletes.

Trans athletes--Psychology.

Trans athletes.

Physical Description:

x, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2024.

Summary:

Two experts in mental health and sport lift the veil on the crisis in women's athletics, offering parents and coaches urgently needed advice and support and showing how female athletes can find joy in whatever sport they choose, at whatever level they compete. No matter the sport, the message to girls and women is the same: Be aggressive, but not too aggressive. Win at all costs, but be polite while doing it. Get strong, but not too big. Female athletes have long been conditioned to perform under these standards, gracefully and without complaints. Yet, behind the scenes, female athletes are suffering from disordered eating and substance use; depression and anxiety; emotional and sexual abuse; racism and discrimination; self-harm, and even suicide ideation. When global tennis star Naomi Osaka and gymnastics world champion Simone Biles took breaks from competing to tend to their mental health, many were compelled to ask: What is causing this mental health crisis in women's sports? In this urgent yet "hopeful roadmap for systemic change." (Jessica Mendoza, Olympic medalist), Katie Steele and Dr. Tiffany Brown illuminate where we are going wrong--and how we can correct course.

Contents:

Author's note

Introduction

A new way of thinking about women's sports

Discovering sports

Parenting an athlete

Creating healthy coach-athlete relationships

Puberty, periods, and playing sports

Identifying anxiety and depression

Identifying mistreatment and abuse

Coping with body image and eating disorders

Understanding suicide and self-harm

Understanding substance use

The paradox of social media

Navigating our bodies and our choices

Healing in the aftermath of sports

After sports: what comes next?

Conclusion: Why we have hope

Epilogue, from Katie

Athlete's bill of rights

Gratitude

Additional resources

Notes

Index

About the authors.

Notes:

Includes additional resources, notes and index (pages 241 - 276).

ISBN:

0316567477

9780316567473

OCLC:

1402021346

Publisher Number:

90100185749