Our History

Imagine You® was developed by family physician Dr. Ellen Barnett, MD, PhD to address concepts of motivation and improve personal capacity in addressing individualized health goals. For the past two decades, the non-profit Integrative Medical Clinic Foundation has been building sustainable capacity by teaching the Imagine You® approach to diverse underserved populations—foster youth, homeless shelter workers, Latina parents, and others. Since 2017, in response to recurring wildfires Imagine You has focused on providing training and support to frontline staff: social service provider staff, disaster case managers, lay ministers, and volunteers. This focus highlights our goal of promoting community resilience in the face of disaster. In September 2024 the Imagine You Program merged with Sonoma Community Action Network.