Get to know the NWSSEPS 2022 Speaker: D’Anthony Smith

D'Anthony Smith, Ed.D, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate, has been in practice since 2018 and has over 20 years of sports performance experience, athlete development, with children adolescents, adults, and families. His clinical specialties include adolescent development and dynamics, Development Trauma, and helping athletes heal emotionally.

He is the founder of Unleash! A player development platform that values athletes' emotional, social, and mental development, serves as the Director of Clinical Counseling services at the PTSD Institute in Seattle, WA, and advocates for emotional development within athletes. Smith also hosts several workshops dedicated to building leadership qualities, assertiveness, and self-acceptance. In addition, he is also an International Coaching Federation certified coach helping individuals develop the confidence to relaunch into life.

Smith designed one of the first clothing lines dedicated to embracing mental and emotional health in the sporting community and developed the first class of multi-development supplements for adolescent athletes while teaching at Seattle Pacific University.

Smith has 20 years of sports performance experience including playing Division 1 football for Louisiana Tech University and 5 years in the NFL with the Jacksonville Jaguars, Detroit Lions , Chicago Bears , and the Seattle Seahawks, being a part of the SuperBowl Championship team with the Seahawks in 2014!

Hear more about D’Anthony and during his presentation on Friday April 29, in 200 Sinegal Center for Science and Innovation at 4:00 pm. His presentation will be focusing on the importance of emotional wellness in sport. 

Register here: https://nwssep2022.eventbrite.com