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Season 3 kicks off with Dr. Derek Suite — Chief Sports Psychiatry and Mental Performance Strategist for the New York Knicks — on trust, embedded care, crisis response, identity, and what sports psychiatry looks like behind the scenes at the highest levels of competition.
In Part 2 of our conversation with All Points North (APN), we explore one of the most underutilized-and transformative-tools in athlete mental health: group therapy. From shared experience to coach-led culture, this episode is packed with insight, vulnerability, and practical takeaways.
Dr. Mark Allen and Dr. Tommy Horn are joined by the All Points North team - Courtney Messina, Ros Wilson, and former NFL player and coach Michael Wilhoite - to explore stigma, identity, trust, and what it really takes to get athletes to seek mental health support.
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Dr. Riley Nickols and Becca McConville explore how sport culture, social media, and performance pressures intersect with athlete mental health-and what clinicians, coaches, and teams can do to support recovery.
Mark Allen and co-host Tim Maher sit down with Celia Kohl, SVP at Versant and former NBC Sports strategy leader, to explore how sports media shapes mental health narratives, the freshman adjustment in college athletics, and why golf is the ultimate mental game.
We sit down with Dr. Anthony Lyssy, a concierge/functional primary care physician in Dallas, to explore upstream preventative care, the knowing-doing gap, wearables, goal setting, and why primary care is the quarterback of a person's wellness team.
In this powerful episode, we sit down with Rob Thorsen, Executive Director of Shoulder Check and the #HT40 Foundation, to explore how peer-to-peer connection can create real change in athlete mental health and suicide prevention.
Former Denver Bronco and Wisconsin Badgers legend Montee Ball shares his raw, honest journey through addiction, recovery, fatherhood, and rebuilding a life rooted in service.
Dr. Mark Allen and Dr. Tommy Horn sit down with Dr. Timothy Fong, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA and team psychiatrist for the Los Angeles Lakers, to explore gambling disorder, athlete protection, and integrity in the rapidly changing sports betting landscape.
In this Season 2 premiere, Dr. Mark Allen and Dr. Tommy Horn sit down with Steve Wheatcroft, former PGA Tour professional, author, and founder of the Mulligan Foundation. Steve shares a raw, honest conversation about life after professional golf, the identity void athletes face, and building mental health support systems for golfers at every stage.
In this episode, Dr. Mark Allen and Dr. Tommy Horn sit down with Dr. Carly Hunt, sport & health psychologist, former Division I golfer, and author of Train Your Brain to Beat Chronic Pain. From mental routines used by elite golfers to groundbreaking work on chronic pain and neuroplasticity, Carly shows why performance and well-being are teammates.
Dr. Mark Allen and Dr. Tommy Horn sit down with Dr. Samantha McLeod, one of Australia's leading sport psychologists, to explore how the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and the broader Australian sports ecosystem have built a truly integrated, athlete-centered model for performance and well-being.
Dr. Mark Allen and Dr. Tommy Horn speak with Dr. Alex Auerbach, a sports psychologist formerly with the Toronto Raptors who is bringing mental skills training to youth sports through his platform, Momentum Labs.
Dr. Mark Allen and Dr. Tommy Horn sit down with Adam Boardman, a therapist, former All-American cross-country runner, and founder of the Marathon Medical Psych Program, to discuss the psychological demands of endurance athletes and integrating mental health care into marathon medicine.
Dr. Mark Allen and Dr. Tommy Horn discuss mental health challenges in baseball with Dr. Tess Palmateer, exploring the unique pressures faced by baseball athletes and strategies for building mental resilience in America's pastime.
Dr. Mark Allen and Dr. Tommy Horn welcome Dr. Sue Schimmel and Maureen Breeze to discuss how parents and coaches can work together to create positive, developmentally appropriate youth sports experiences that prioritize long-term athlete development and well-being.
Kevin Morley, Head Athletic Trainer for the Nashville Predators, joins Dr. Mark Allen and Dr. Tommy Horn to discuss the evolving role of athletic trainers in supporting athlete mental health and the unique challenges of mental wellness in professional hockey.
In this powerful episode, Dr. Mark Allen and Dr. Tommy Horn speak with Kym and Mark Hilinski, co-founders of Hilinski's Hope, a nonprofit dedicated to raising mental health awareness in college athletics. The Hilinskis share the heartbreaking story of their son Tyler's suicide in 2018-and how they turned unimaginable loss into a mission to support student-athletes.
Dr. Heather Larkin explores the intersection of mental health and sports performance, discussing challenges young athletes face, perfectionism pressures, and how to build mental resilience and joy through sport.
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