Take the Snapshot
A 501(c)(3) ministry · Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

From stuck
to unstoppable—
together.

Doc Pratt Ministries helps you move past the things that hold you back — quietly, honestly, and in community. Begin with a snapshot of where you are right now, then walk a path designed to take you somewhere better.

Take the Snapshot See the path
No cost to begin · 36 questions · About 8 minutes
Going Beyond a Round Tuit — book by Amy C. Pratt
The book that
started it all
501(c)(3) IRS-recognized public charity
6 Dimensions of health & wellness
48 Weeks of curriculum
1 Community growing together
Start here

If you're feeling stuck, you're in good company.

Most of us know what we'd like to change. We've read the books, made the lists, set the resolutions. But somewhere between intention and follow-through, life happens — and the dreams stay on the page.

Doc Pratt Ministries exists because that's not where the story has to end. We start by helping you see your own life clearly across six dimensions of health and wellness — emotional, mental, physical, vocational, social, and financial. Honest awareness is the first step on any meaningful path.

The Six Dimensions Snapshot takes about eight minutes. You'll receive your scores and personalized next steps in your inbox, and you'll join a community of people who decided that stuck wasn't the final answer.

The journey

A path, not a program.

From the snapshot of where you are, through the book that started it all, into the curriculum that goes deeper — every step is designed so the next one feels possible.

  1. Start here

    The Six Dimensions Snapshot

    A short, honest assessment that tells you where you're thriving, where you're surviving, and where you're running on empty. Your results land in your inbox with personalized next steps.

    Begin the Snapshot
  2. Walk the path

    Going Beyond a Round Tuit

    Amy's foundational book introduces the Six Dimensions framework and walks you through eight steps — solid footing, hindrances, distractions, weeds, stones, and the rhythms that carry you forward. The map for everything that follows.

    Buy the book Learn more
  3. Go deeper, go further

    The Going Beyond Curriculum

    Forty-eight weeks. Seven workbooks. One foundation course followed by six dimension-specific deep dives. You can buy the workbooks and walk alone — or attend weekly classes with Amy where bonus research briefings and a community of fellow travelers make the work measurably more effective.

    See the curriculum Browse workbooks
  4. Where the community gathers

    Doc's Place

    A physical home for everything DPM does — open hours with good coffee and a warm host, classes and gatherings in the multipurpose room, and cottages for retreats. A response to the loneliness epidemic, hosted by a ministry that believes nobody should have to do hard things alone.

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The destination

A life that matters.

Not perfect. Not finished. But moving — across every dimension that makes up a whole human life, with people walking the path beside you.

About DPM

A ministry born from research, lived experience, and a stubborn hope.

Doc Pratt Ministries is a faith-based ministry that exists at the intersection of peer-reviewed research and everyday human formation. Founder Amy C. Pratt is a doctoral student in social psychology with dissertation work on ADHD, a curriculum designer, and the author of Going Beyond a Round Tuit.

DPM is welcoming to people of all faiths and none. The mission is simple: help people get unstuck — across the six dimensions of health and wellness — with materials grounded in the best available science and a community that walks the path together.

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The Going Beyond curriculum is happening right now — virtually and at in-person venues around Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. See current classes →

A home for going beyond

Doc's Place

The U.S. Surgeon General has called loneliness the most urgent public health issue of our time. The research is clear about what helps: a real room, with real people, and a door that's open. We're building one.

Architectural rendering of Doc's Place — a single-story building with white stucco, gabled roof, arched windows, and 'Doc's Place — Doc Pratt Ministries' signage, surrounded by trees and flower beds.
i

The Hangout

Living room, kitchen, and free laundromat with a warm host always present. Open hours, good coffee, no agenda — just a place to be.

ii

The Multipurpose Room

Going Beyond classes, community gatherings, and event rentals. Eighteen round tables, a stage, and room for the whole community to grow together.

iii

The Cottages

Tiny homes for retreats, scholarship stays, and Airbnb revenue that sustains the mission. Quiet space for the work that needs solitude.

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Be part of it

How to support DPM and Doc's Place.

Doc Pratt Ministries is a community vision. It will take a community to build it. There are many doors in — pick the one that fits.

Individual donors

Give a tax-deductible gift

Any amount supports programming and the build-out of Doc's Place. Recurring monthly support is the heartbeat of what we do.

Give now Skills & service

Lend your expertise

Attorneys, architects, contractors, grant writers, tradespeople, designers — DPM needs a team before it needs a building.

Volunteer your craft Organizations & faith communities

Partner with DPM

Corporate sponsors, in-kind gifts, referral partners, churches with volunteers or property — there are many ways to walk alongside.

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Grant-making institutions

Building infrastructure for community.

The research case for Doc's Place as a loneliness intervention is documented and compelling. We welcome grants for programming (scholarships, classes, materials) and for capital (property, renovation, cottages). Full reporting and accountability provided.

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