Helping the Helpers

For ten years, the non-profit Integrative Medical Clinic Foundation has been building sustainable capacity in both individuals and our community by teaching our person-centered Imagine You® approach to diverse underserved populations—foster youth, homeless shelter workers, Latinx parents, and others.

Disaster challenges the capacities of everyone touched by it, whether as a survivor, a helper, or a community member. The Imagine You process taps peoples’ innate capacity for self-determination and increases their capacity to respond to a disaster’s demands and deal with personal trauma. Both second responders and survivors benefit as they progress through the cycle of response, recovery, and preparation.