Clergy Bridge

This last semester at BYU, I helped organize and create a manual for religious leaders who are facing difficult mental health issues, such as major depression, poverty, PTSD and so forth within their congregations. Overall it has generated a lot of attention. This past Saturday we hosted a training seminar where we introduced the manual to over 50 clergy of various denominations. If you are interested in seeing this project directly you can go to our website and down load it: www.clergybridge.org (everything is free). The resources listed in each section are limited to the Utah County area, however the information provided is universal. Please forward this e-mail to anyone you feel would benefit from these services. Most importantly as a class we want this information to be disseminated. If you or anyone you know would like more information, feel free to respond to this note, or shoot an email to clergybridge@gmail.com.

If you would like to see this project in action you can read about it in this Deseret News article: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705298070/BYU-students-create-mental-health-manual-for-clergy.html?pg=1 (If you read the article I encourage you to leave a comment in the comment section), in this Daily Herald news article: http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/306365/17/, in the Daily Universe:http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/72149/1121, or in Mormon Times:http://www.mormontimes.com/people_news/education/?linkTrack=dailyEmail&id=7323.

We also had a press conference with the Salt Lake Tribune today, and are scheduled to be in their Saturday paper.