“But at the same time, I won’t lie — it’s disappointing to me that we’re praising anyone for ‘progress,’ when so many women are being excluded from it,” she wrote. “I mean … doesn’t the W.N.B.A. deserve this same program?”

Access to mental health care across professional sports is far from level. Each league has different policies, and often individual teams do, too. More sports governing bodies are being asked to create their own plans as more professional athletes speak up, normalizing what remains a stigmatized topic.

In the W.N.B.A., there is no standard of care when it comes to mental health. On one team, players may have access to multiple mental health care professionals. When they are traded, players may join a team without the same resources. And because players are often traveling, even if they do find a provider or a practitioner they trust, it can be hard to make regular appointments or even fill prescriptions that require frequent check-ins.

That’s what Imani McGee-Stafford found when she was traded between the Chicago Sky, the Atlanta Dream and the Dallas Wings.