Families, students and young professionals in Memphis, Germantown, Collierville, Bartlett and across the river and state lines can work with a Blackburn mentor by video. Each person meets one dedicated mentor weekly or more often, scheduled in Central time, with text and phone contact between sessions. Our team is in Los Angeles, so Memphis mentoring is fully online.
A river city that moves the country’s packages
Memphis sits on bluffs above the Mississippi where Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi meet. Its economy is built on logistics: a global air cargo hub, rail lines, river barges, interstates and miles of distribution warehouses. Health care and medical research are the other pillar, anchored by a world-known children’s research hospital and large hospital systems. Music, food and a deep civil rights history give the city its identity.
Families live everywhere from Midtown and East Memphis to Germantown, Collierville and Bartlett, and many commute in from DeSoto County, Mississippi. Summers are long, hot and humid; winters are mostly mild, with the occasional ice storm that shuts things down for a day or two.
Night shifts and family schedules
A logistics city runs around the clock, and plenty of Memphis households have a parent working nights, early mornings or rotating shifts. That can leave a teenager on their own in the evening, or a young adult working overnight and struggling to build a daytime routine. Mentors can work with that:
- Schedule sessions around a parent’s shift so they can join when it matters, like the intro call.
- Help a student build an after-school routine that does not depend on an adult being home.
- Help a young adult on a night schedule protect sleep, eat reasonably and still make progress on bigger goals.
- Keep text and phone check-ins between sessions so the plan survives a chaotic week.
Students in Shelby County and nearby
Memphis students attend a wide range of public, charter and independent schools. A mentor does not tutor; instead, they help a student get organized, own their weekly plan and tackle the specific thing that is getting in the way, whether that is procrastination, a lost semester or confidence. Our guide on what to do when a teenager is failing classes is a good starting point for parents.
College and the first years after
The area has several colleges and universities, public and private, plus a community college system. Some students stay close and live at home; others leave the region. For both, a mentor helps with the first-year transition, internships and the move toward a job. Young adults just starting work, often at a large employer with clear ladders and long hours, use mentoring to plan the next step deliberately.
Time zone and session details
Memphis is two hours ahead of Los Angeles. A 4 pm after-school session is 2 pm for the mentor, and evening sessions are easy to place. If you work nights, a midday slot is often easier, and we can look at morning times on the intro call. Sessions are 30 or 60 minutes, on a weekly plan billed week to week or a monthly plan.
Where a mentor helps
A mentor is one consistent person who helps set goals, breaks them into weekly steps and checks in between sessions. For high school students, a parent or guardian is always involved and gets regular progress updates. Families often begin with mentoring for families, and young adults with young adult mentoring. See how video mentoring works on our online mentoring page.
Related
- Online mentoring by video
- Mentoring for families
- Mentoring for college students
- Online mentoring in Nashville
- Online Mentoring and Coaching in Tennessee
Common questions
Can families in DeSoto County, Mississippi, work with a mentor?
Yes. Mentoring is by video, so families in North Mississippi or eastern Arkansas can work with a mentor the same way, scheduled in Central time.
My child is home alone after school while I work. Can a mentor help?
A mentor helps the student build and follow their own after-school plan, with check-ins between sessions. A mentor does not supervise or provide childcare.
Do you have sessions outside normal business hours?
Sessions are scheduled around the client, including after school and evenings, in Central time.
Get started
Would a conversation about a student or young adult in Memphis help? Call (888) 305 5422, email contact@blackburnmentoring.com or start with a short assessment. A member of our team reviews every assessment personally and sets up a free intro call.