OUR PROGRAMS EDUCATE AND EMPOWER ASPIRING COLLEGE ATHLETES THROUGH MENTAL SKILLS TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP
Athletes Better Together is an educational and mentorship platform connecting younger athletes to college and professional mentors who provide support and guidance by sharing their lived experiences.
Dr. Kimberly O’Brien PhD, LICSW leads Better Together’s program development, providing skills and content to help athletes build resilience in and out of sports.
MENTORSHIP
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• Seasoned student-athletes mentor and guide younger athletes by sharing their life experiences and complimenting our Better Together mental skills programming.
• The mentorship format involves four 1:1 virtual sessions with a designated Better Together mentor to build a supportive relationship and discuss mental skills content.
• The mentor and the mentee work together to find meeting times that work for their individual schedules.
• Mentors are compensated for all sessions.
CLUBS & TEAMS
• Better Together provides customizable programming to clubs and teams to support athletes' mental performance and well-being.
• Our curriculum and practical tools teach skills in resilience, mindset, balance, goal-setting, performance, and positivity.
• We provide each athlete with a current or former college athlete who will support, inspire, and mentor your athletes.
• While your club or team works to improve athletic skills, we focus on enhancing your athletes’ mental skills.
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PARENTS
• Better Together provides an educational platform to address the challenges of adolescence and how they intersect with their participation in sports.
• Our goal is to educate and guide parents who are eager to support their aspiring high school and college athletes' mental performance and well-being in and out of sports.
•We foster an encouraging community and teach skills in communication and supportive parenting.
Connect With Us to Learn More
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Parent Support Programs
Option 1:
Zoom Presentation for Towns, Leagues, or Groups of Parents
Option 2:
Parenting Coaching Sessions with Daphne Faldi
Option 3:
Parent and Family Therapy with Dr. Kimberly O’Brien
About Our Peer Mentor Meetings
Between each session, athletes meet with their designated mentor to reflect on what they have learned. Mentors build a vital relationship with their athletes by answering questions and sharing their own experiences.
Our mentors are trained to ask important questions and foster nurturing relationships with their athletes as they pursue their goals in and out of sport.
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Better Together is a supportive community among athletes of all stages and abilities utilizing the power of connection through mentoring. Relationship building is at the core of our mission. We believe that all aspects of life improve when athletes have a mentor and community of support to guide them in pursuit of their goals. We achieve and experience more together than as one. Better Together is a collective of current and former student-athletes working alongside each other to build and foster a community of support for generations to come.
Better Together Co-Founders:
Maura McCarthy, Dr. Kimberly O'Brien, and Daphne Faldi
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