Tennis Star Venus Williams is Teaming Up with WTA and BetterHelp to Give Away $2 Million Worth of Free Therapy
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Posted By: Kennedy Williams on December 14, 2021 Seven-time Grand Slam Champion Venus Williams is advocating for mental health in a major way! She is teaming up with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and BetterHelp to increase the conversation about mental health resources and to provide $2 million of free therapy to the public! According to Black Enterprise, The giveaway includes one month of free therapy through BetterHelp to those who sign up at www.betterhelp.com/venus. The first $1 million is immediately available and the second $1 million will be covered by BetterHelp for each ace hit by WTA players for the remainder of the 2021 WTA Tour season. Williams has been a long-time advocate for therapy and spoke about the benefits of it in a New York Times guest essay saying, "Putting myself in a position to perform at my best had always meant physical training, physical preparedness, and physical health. The extent of my understanding of the psychological side of things was to be mentally tough on the court in the name of winning. I made sure never to show any weakness,” Williams wrote. “It doesn’t matter who you are. You need support. You can’t divorce mental health from anything you do. It impacts your physical well-being, your decision-making, your ability to cope with difficult moments.” It's a beautiful thing to see initiatives like this to help people focus on their mental health and overall wellbeing! If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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Kennedy Williams
From Loganville, GA Spelman College class of 2020 Member Since July 2016 |
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