Life After Sports with Nate Guyton, M.Ed., LCDC, LPC-A

When an athlete learns to train their inner game just as much as
their outer one, something profound happens. During this episode,
we talk about athletes and mental health, including transitioning
away from athletics, by choice or other factors. Nate Guyton is
the founder and Lead Clinician at Guyton Counseling Services,
where he brings a unique athletics-informed perspective to
athletes, first responders, high-achieving teens and
professionals, offering solution-focused, trauma-responsive, and
faith-friendly therapy. He shares his expertise on the mental
health challenges and opportunities faced by athletes,
highlighting how strength, resilience and hope can be cultivated
both on and off the field. Join us as we explore the pillars of
his practice, and the key nuances between hope, expectation, and
possibility that inform his approach.  


Key Points From This Episode: 


How Nate’s experience and training has shaped the way in
which he delivers therapy. 

The unnamed grief that comes with transitioning out of being
a student athlete.  

A solution-focused lens that he offers to some recurring
needs among clients. 

Reframing harmful beliefs about the past and future. 

Common pillars of identity expansion and hope reconstruction
for the next chapter. 

Why community building is such an important pillar of his
work. 

Navigating grief and agency in therapy. 

The Made For Victory support group that Nate initiated.
 

Supporting athletes in the long game of life through
recognizing peer support and beyond. 

The upcoming event exploring the struggle of substance abuse
in former athletes. 

Unpacking Nate’s faith-friendly approach to therapy.  

Hope, expectation, and possibility.  

The number one thing Nate wishes more people understood about
athletes and mental health. 



Nate Guyton on LinkedIn 


Guyton Counseling Services: (281)-584-3145 


Guyton Counseling Services 


Jennifer Myers on LinkedIn 


Mosaics of Mercy 


Hope Pieced Together