Athlete Mental Health Through Injury, Transfer and Retirement
Plan continuing mental health care through injury, club transfers and retirement, with clear responsibilities and communication beyond performance.
Read guidePrivate mental health coordination alongside existing sports and clinical teams, through competition, injury, club changes and retirement.

A season, transfer or injury can change your daily surroundings and the professionals available to you. Time away from competition and retirement can bring further changes to identity, routine and support.
ARCSENA provides a point of coordination that can remain alongside those transitions. The relationship begins with you as a person, your existing care and the practical demands of your sport. Family involvement is optional and separately agreed.
Plan appointments, authorised handovers and relevant local care around training, competition schedules and changing locations.
Coordinate appropriate mental health input alongside sports medicine and rehabilitation professionals, with responsibilities made clear.
Review provider access, permissions and communication before a move so that a change of employer does not leave a gap in care.
Plan support before, during and after leaving competition, including a clear handover if the engagement has a defined end date.
Your mental health deserves continuity—even when your team, season or career changes.
Relevant sports mental health experience, appropriate registration and an understanding of the working environment matter in provider selection. Existing clinical relationships help establish where additional expertise would be useful.
Clinical need and personal wellbeing guide the relationship. Training participation, fitness-to-compete assessments and treatment decisions remain with the responsible professionals in their defined roles. Any employer-reporting role needs its own explanation and boundaries.
An agent or club can assist with approved practical arrangements or fund access. Funding does not automatically give them access to diagnosis, medication or consultation content, or control over treatment decisions.
Communication is agreed with you separately from payment, including what a representative may receive and why. The relevant legal and professional limits to confidentiality are explained for the arrangement.
Consent, funding and confidentialityThe Office is intended to coordinate alongside appropriate existing care. Any need for a different specialist is discussed with you and the relevant professionals, within your agreed permissions.
Yes. An agent can explain the practical coordination sought. Your participation, the scope of their role and the information they may receive are agreed separately.
A defined-period engagement may be suitable when there is a clear coordination need. Scope, access, review dates, separate treatment fees and the handover are agreed in advance.
Plan continuing mental health care through injury, club transfers and retirement, with clear responsibilities and communication beyond performance.
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