Discover Your Calling. Develop Your Strengths. Live Your Purpose.

TruePresence was developed in partnership with Divine Mercy University, a Catholic graduate school in Virginia. We believe every person is created with inherent goodness, unique strengths, and a transcendent calling toward virtue, meaningful relationships, and purposeful service. Yet we also recognize that life brings struggles — anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and crises of meaning that can obscure our path to flourishing.

Divine Mercy University offers two components to a parish-based model that is to be customized by each parish. The first component is decades of learning available in our learning center. The second is the TruePresence app designed to be a tool for every member of the parish for free.

Community-Centered Care: Recognizing that we flourish in relationship with others and through authentic communion within our faith communities. TruePresence is made to work within the existing ministries in the parish.

Strengths-Based Approach: Building on your inherent capacities and natural gifts while addressing challenges within the context of your unique calling.

The Best of Modern Psychology, Rooted in Your Faith — Researchers have learned a lot about what helps people thrive — building resilience, finding purpose, staying connected. At Divine Mercy University we know that well intentioned secular researchers can only see part of the picture. Your faith reveals the rest: who you are, why you're here, and where your deepest healing comes from. We bring both together.

You Can Get Back Up — Research shows people can learn to handle setbacks. Faith says: you can get back up because you were never broken at the core. You are made in God's image, and no amount of suffering can destroy that.

You Need to Know You Matter — Research says people who feel their work and life make a difference are happier. Faith says: You don't matter because of what you produce. You matter because God made you, knows you by name, and has called you to something only you can do.

You Weren't Made to Do This Alone — Research shows strong relationships are among the best predictors of wellbeing. Faith says: You were made by love and for love. Relationships aren't just helpful — they're what you're for.

Your Strengths Are Meant for Something — Research shows people thrive when they use their unique strengths. Faith says: Strengths become virtues when you aim them at the good. Patience, courage, generosity, faithfulness — these make you the person God created you to be.

"You don't have to choose between good science and deep faith. The best research confirms what the Church has always taught — that you are made for love, made for purpose, and made for God. We're here to help you live that out."

Our STEP model ensures no one walks alone while providing the right level of care for each person's unique journey toward flourishing.

Level 1: Self-Directed Resources — Curated materials on positive psychology, virtue development, and spiritual growth. Interactive tools for strengths identification.

Level 2: Peer Support — Connect with others who share similar challenges and aspirations. Share stories of resilience and redemption. Practice virtues of compassion, patience, and hope together.

Level 3: Structured Programs — Workshops on emotional regulation and virtue development. Coaching with strengths-based goal setting. Spiritual Direction integrating faith, meaning, and transcendent purpose.

Level 4: Group Counseling — Groups addressing specific challenges. Integration of evidence-based practices with virtue ethics.

Level 5: Individual Counseling — One-on-one support for complex challenges. Integration of psychological healing with spiritual growth. Licensed professionals working in a parish setting are invited to visit professional.truepresence.com.

Peer Support Facilitator Courses: Using the TruePresence App, Active Listening, Change Partner, Bereavement Coach, Addiction Recovery Coach, Life Coach, and Professional Life Coach.

Advanced Support Facilitator Courses: How a Spiritual Director Can Effectively Use the App. How a Licensed Counselor Can Effectively Use the App.

Contact us to learn more about course schedules, prerequisites, and how to enroll in the program that fits your calling.

Divine Mercy University wants to help your parish build a team that sees mental health care as a pathway to human flourishing — professionals and volunteers who understand that every person deserves support in discovering their strengths, developing virtue, and fulfilling their unique calling.

Volunteer Opportunities: Peer Support Facilitators (2-4 hrs/week, 12-hour training program). Strengths Discovery Guides (3-4 hrs/week, 8-hour certification). Virtue Development Mentors (2-3 hrs/week, 10-hour program). Workshop Facilitators (4-6 hrs/month).

Professional Positions: Parish Wellness Coordinators (full-time or part-time, Master's degree preferred). Clinical Mental Health Professionals (contract or part-time, current state licensure required). Strengths & Virtue Coaches (contract, flexible hours, coaching certification required).