What is Sports Social Work? Episode 275

Natalie Graves is a licensed social work from Chicago and founder of The Nat Sports Directory. Nat stands for nurturing athletes talent. It's the first directory vetting sports therapists. We discuss what is sports social work? She shares her experiences working with athletes from high school, college, pro athletes and retired athletes. She is a founding member of the Alliance of Social Workers in Sports which is hosting it's annual symposium fron 9/23/26-9/25/26 in Las Vegas. For tickets go to https://www.aswis.orgWe discuss the weaponization of the WNBA and what athletes go through day in day out that may affect their mental health. The importance of looking at an athlete as a person and from a perspective of Person in environment. Natalie can be found on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nat.sportsdirectoryWebsite is https://www.Natsportsdirectory.comFollow the podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesocialworkrantspodcast