Who We Are

A doctoral-led program, built by clinicians who have spent careers in this exact work.

Dr. Scherri Culp
Dr. Scherri Culp
Founder & Executive Clinical Director
DBH · LPC-MHSP · EMDR-C
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Dr. Scherri Culp is a licensed psychotherapist, Executive Clinical Director, scholar-practitioner, and published author with over 17 years of experience in inpatient and outpatient behavioral health settings. She holds a Doctorate in Behavioral Health and brings advanced clinical expertise in complex trauma, race-based trauma, substance use disorders, family systems, marriage and family therapy, clinical supervision, executive leadership, and professional development.

Dr. Culp is recognized for her deep knowledge of the neurobiological, relational, and systemic dimensions of trauma, with a strong focus on unresolved and intergenerational trauma in marginalized and racially minoritized communities. Her work is grounded in a trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and equity-centered framework that addresses systemic inequities, historical adversity, social determinants of health, and barriers to behavioral health access.

In 2026, Dr. Culp published Understanding Race-Based Trauma, a scholarly work inspired by her doctoral dissertation and extensive clinical experience at the intersection of trauma, behavioral health, race, and community healing.

As a certified trauma instructor, EMDR-certified clinician, Auricular Detoxification Specialist, and Internal Family Systems-trained therapist, Dr. Culp integrates evidence-based interventions with holistic approaches, bringing specialized insight into attachment injuries, family dynamics, complex trauma, identity, relationships, coping patterns, and community well-being.

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Doctoral-Level Faculty

The curriculum is written and taught alongside a national clinical bench.

Dr. Altha J. Stewart
Altha J. Stewart, MD
Senior Associate Dean for Community Health Engagement, UTHSC · Founding Director, Center for Youth Advocacy and Well-Being
A nationally recognized expert in community and public health, trauma-informed care, and health disparities. In 2017, Dr. Stewart became the first African American elected president of the American Psychiatric Association in its 175-year history. She currently serves as president of the American Association for Community Psychiatry.
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Dr. Ayana Jordan
Ayana Jordan, MD, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry & Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine · Board-Certified, Addiction Psychiatry
Founded the inaugural Co-Occurring Disorders Clinic at NYU Langone's Sunset Terrace Family Health Center. Serves as faculty supervisor for a SAMHSA-funded training program developing addiction experts in social work and nursing, with a career focus on severely underserved populations.
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Dr. TBD
Curriculum Faculty · Credentials pending confirmation
A third doctoral-level faculty member is being confirmed. Bio, credentials, and photo to follow.
Complementary Care

The core curriculum is the backbone of the program. Healing doesn't happen through talk therapy alone, so each of the four complementary care areas below is woven into the 52-week program as its own dedicated session, offering mothers additional ways to process, release, and reconnect alongside the clinical work.

John Albert Thomas
John Albert Thomas
Music Attunement
Trauma-informed piano composer and recording artist.
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Life Coaching
Vision coach supporting clarity, purpose, and next steps.
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Practitioner TBD
Trauma Yoga
Movement-based practice supporting nervous system regulation.
Practitioner to be confirmed
Practitioner TBD
Pet Therapy
Group-format session with a certified therapy animal specialist.
Practitioner to be confirmed
The Organization

Recovery Reprieve, Inc.

A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Memphis, Tennessee, founded to serve the family members that addiction and mental illness leave standing alone. The Healed Mom is our signature program, developed by women, for women.

Recovery Reprieve exists because of a gap that decades of research have documented and almost no service has closed. When a child develops a substance use disorder or a serious mental illness, the entire treatment system organizes itself around that child. The mother who holds the family together through it is counted as a support, never as a patient, and is rarely offered anything of her own.

Our work is to change that. We build and deliver clinically grounded, trauma-informed programs for mothers affected by a child's addiction, co-occurring disorder, mental health crisis, or death, including loss to overdose, suicide, and violence. We measure what we do with validated instruments, we report what we find honestly, and we hold our own claims to the standard we would expect of anyone else.

As a 501(c)(3) public charity, we are funded by individual donors, foundations, and corporate partners. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law, and our EIN appears on every donation receipt.

Your investment restores families and helps break cycles of trauma for generations.

Status
501(c)(3) Nonprofit
EIN
99-4430160
Mailing Address
3257 W. Sarazens Circle
Memphis, TN 38125
Phone
901-343-0852
Email
ask@healedmom.org
Burden, not blame
We do not treat mothers as codependent or deficient. The distress they carry is a predictable response to chronic, uncontrollable stress, and the literature has moved on from the older framing even where the culture has not.
Doctoral-led care
Curriculum is written and taught by clinicians qualified to teach it. We do not repackage general wellness content as clinical support.
Measured, not asserted
Validated instruments at intake and at fixed intervals, so progress is quantified against published clinical thresholds rather than described in testimonials alone.
Honest about evidence
We state the strength of each component and the limits of our own data. Where our results are preliminary, we say so, in the same sentence.
Board Members for Recovery Reprieve
Ashley Green
President
Mary Dean
Secretary
Deborah Parks
Treasurer
If you or someone you know is in crisis, free confidential support is available 24/7. Call or text 988. The Healed Mom is an educational support program and is not a substitute for emergency care.

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"I built The Healed Mom because I watched too many mothers carry their child's crisis alone, with nowhere built specifically for them. If you're in a position to help us bring this to more mothers who need it, through a gift, a partnership, or just a conversation about what's possible, I'd love to talk." Dr. Scherri Culp
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