Weymouth Resident Joins Doc Wayne Youth Services

WEYMOUTH, MA — A Weymouth resident has joined Doc Wayne Youth Services, a Boston nonprofit that uses sport-based therapy to help at-risk youth, as a Facilitator for the organization's Champions Network training platform.

In her new position, Natasha Goss will help facilitate the nonprofit's virtual training portal for organizations, coaches, clinicians, and teachers. The Champions Network was created to inform community leaders about trauma and its sport-based mental health approach.

Goss is one of 12 team members who recently joined Doc Wayne as a result of grants and donations from corporations and private donors that allowed the organization to expand its team.

"I cannot overstate how grateful we are for the generous support of our work, especially during this last tumultuous year," said David Cohen, CEO of Doc Wayne, in a statement. "The need for our mental health services has grown significantly and continues to escalate. Our expanded, talented and diverse team in place enables us to help far more people locally and globally than ever before."

Doc Wayne, established by Susan Wayne in 2002 in memory of her brother, Dr. Eli Wayne, offers both individual and group sport-based therapy for youth between the ages of 5 and 18 who face difficulties associated with mental health, trauma, or violence.