The Memphis Resilience Project

Our mission: Empowering Thriving Communities

The Memphis Resilience Project is growing! With the help of the Memphis Resilience Center Fund, MRP is preparing for sustained growth to better serve our neighbors.

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  • ~ Abundance of mental and emotional health needs in under-resourced communities

    ~ Needs intersect with CPC expertise and passion

    ~ Alignment with CPC’s mission

  • • Long-term commitment

    • Vital partnerships with non-profit and other City partners

    • Multiply efforts through training and support

    • Ongoing learning focused on measurable results

  • A robust, ongoing outreach effort to provide healing mental health resources to our neighbors in under-resourced communities

Our Goals:

  • 1. Healing Wounds

    • MRP Direct Counseling Grants: Enabling individuals at 175% of the poverty level or below to obtain counseling from CPC therapists and clinical trainees. Clients pay $10, $30 or $50 based on financial circumstances.

    • School Counselor Summer Skills Training Workshops

    • STEPS-E Program in Schools: A social-emotional learning curriculum for elementary schools, based on DBT skills

    • Community Trauma Workshops: Helping pastors and other key stakeholders recognize signs of childhood traumatic stress, learn DBT mitigation techniques, and identify avenues for treatment for the severely impacted

    • Non-Profit Trauma Skills Training: Topical workshops to equip non-profits in mitigating trauma impact

  • 2. Promoting Resilience

    • DBT Skills Training for Non-Profits: Six-month duration weekly training classes designed for laypersons.

    • Resilience Skills for Non-Profits: Customized workshops teaching resilience tools to increase staff effectiveness and longevity

    • Non-Profit Self-Care Skills Training: Topical workshops held at CPC

  • 3. Creating a Pipeline of Resources

    • Clinical Trainee Program: A scholarship program enabling clinical trainees to provide needed support for non-profits through embedded co-staffing, as well as, direct counseling at the CPC facility for MRP grant recipients. Meet our Clinical Trainees.

For more information about The Memphis Resilience Project, please contact Erin Reynolds.

What Is DBT?

DBT is a type of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). The goal of CBT is to teach you how to identify negative thinking patterns and change them.

Areas of Focus:

    • Mindfulness

    • Distress Tolerance

    • Emotional Regulation

    • Interpersonal Effectiveness

DBT Skills can be transferred to laypersons through evidence-based training protocols.

Resources to understand childhood trauma:

Childhood Trauma: It’s Effecting the Quality of Life for Everyone in Memphis
Alleviating the Effects of Childhood Traumatic Stress

How You Can Help

Pray. Connect. Donate.