Stanford University is pledging to hire more counselors and therapists, following the suicide death of a student athlete last week.
That post drew attention to soccer star Katie Meyer, who died by suicide on March 1; to Jacob Meisel and Rose Wong who also died by suicide last year; and to Dylan Simmons, who was found dead at his campus residence in January.
Stanford has begun recruiting for counselors and therapists at its “Counseling and Psychological Services” . Some of the new counselors and therapists will be devoted solely to the athletics department. “Being an athlete can take a real physical toll, not only your body but also your mind,” Harvey said. “All my friends, I can turn to anybody on staff and faculty. I just sat down with a professor the other day and they helped me out in a really big way. Everybody’s in this together right now.”
“We’re balancing a lot and there’s a lot of stress coming from a lot of different directions,” said Vetter. “As long as the athletes and the students feel like they can easily access those resources and it’s not in any sort of way going to impact them negatively, like in their sports or academics, then I think it’s a great idea.
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