Staff Directory
- Title:
- Associate Director of Mental Health Counseling
- Email:
- Phone:
- 552-6867
Matthew Yellis is the Associate Director of Mental Health Counseling for Boston College Sports Medicine. He provides one-on-one treatment to student-athletes and serves as the on-site clinical supervisor for the Sports Counseling Department.
Yellis also works closely with staff in Sports Medicine, Athletics, and Student Affairs to advocate for the mental health and well-being of student-athletes and to consult on how to best support athletics teams and staff. He completed his undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of Maine, Farmington after spending 15 years coaching junior olympic women’s gymnastics on a regional and national stage. He went on to receive a Master’s in Mental Health Counseling from Boston College and was inspired by the opportunity to serve as an intern in the inaugural year of Sports Counseling.
His background in high-level athletics informs his passion for providing student-athletes the very best, holistic psychological care possible. Since his first year with Sports Counseling, Yellis has been working hard to shape and expand the department into the industry-leading resource he knows it needs to be.
I think this quote from Carl Rogers, a therapist I greatly admire, perfectly describes what I hope to help my clients discover: “The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination”.
