On-line behavioral healthcare firm Talkspace introduced it’s becoming a member of forces with the Skilled Tennis Gamers Affiliation (PTPA) because the participant advocates group’s unique psychological well being know-how accomplice.
The goal is to offer gamers, their households and help groups free, 24/7 entry to Talkspace’s self-guided remedy app, Talkspace Go, and its digital remedy providing at a reduction.
Eligible skilled tennis gamers and their households 13 and older and help groups will probably be given one yr of free entry to Talkspace Go, an internet self-guided psychological well being help program. This system offers personalised remedy programs and dwell and on-demand digital lessons overseen by therapists.
Moreover, gamers can join particular person, {couples} or teen remedy with limitless entry to a licensed therapist that might be coated by insurance coverage. In the event that they go for particular person remedy and pay out-of-pocket, they’ll obtain a $100 low cost the primary month.
Talkspace’s remedy choices places members in contact with 1000’s of licensed therapists the place they will work together by way of dwell video, audio, or chat periods or limitless asynchronous textual content messaging periods.
The periods are supplied by way of an encrypted internet and cell platform that adheres to HIPAA, federal and state regulatory necessities.
“Skilled tennis gamers face distinctive challenges resembling fixed journey, residing out of a suitcase year-round and managing the pressures of a person sport, making it tough to prioritize psychological well being,” Ahmad Nassar, government director of the PTPA stated in a press release.
“By means of Talkspace, we are able to now help gamers’ well-being holistically and constantly – not simply throughout tournaments however all through the complete yr. This is a vital addition to our PTPA Psychological Health Program and our participant well being and wellness providers.”
THE LARGER TREND
In 2023, the United Soccer League Gamers Affiliation entered into an settlement with telehealth platform firm Onrise to supply a full vary of psychological well being providers for gamers.
Underneath the settlement, gamers have limitless entry to any kind of psychological well being useful resource. The telehealth platform was chosen with the intention to present gamers with flexibility that matches their different schedules.
