Instructor-Led Athletes & Anxiety (November 2025)

Held November 8, 2025 via Zoom

9 am - 3 pm (5.25 CEUs)

This course will explore the types of anxiety as detailed in the DSM-5-TR in relation to the concept of performance anxiety as it relates to athletes. Studentswill be able to understand each, using outcome measures, and develop some ways to begin treatment with athletes.

Upon concluding this course, participants will be able to:

1. Understand Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) from the DSM-V-TR and how it affects athletes
2. Understand Performance Anxiety, different from GAD,and how it can be positive for athletes different than GAD
3. Understand the treatment of GAD and the other types of anxiety
4. Be able to diagnoseGeneralized Anxiety Disorder using the DSM-V and outcome measures
5. Have a general understanding of the role of Performance Anxiety in Sport

Emmett Gill, Ph.D., MSW, LMSW is the founder of AthleteTalk, LLC and currently serves as the Director of Mental Health for the University of Houston Athletics. Emmett served as the Director of Student-Athlete Wellness and Personal Development at the University of Texas at Austin where he provided clinical services for college athletes and created signature programming including initiatives for injured athletes and substance use. Following his tenure at the University of Texas, where he was also a clinical professor in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work, Dr. Gill served as a professional sports crisis and wellness program manager - working on mental health initiatives for the NFL and NBA - including the NFL Lifeline. Dr. Gill is the past president and founder of the Alliance of Social Workers in Sports, a 225-plus member organization that promotes the social work profession in athletics. Emmett’s scholarship focuses' sports scandals, the intersection between social work, sports and mental health, social justice in sports and Black male athletes.