Dr. Ellen Barnett is Interviewed by the Healthcare Foundation of Northern Sonoma County

The Healthcare Foundation of Northern Sonoma interviewed Dr. Ellen Barnett about the Imagine You  Spanish language program created to assist and encourage investment in mental health among the Latine and Indigenous communities. Since the 2017 wildfires and the pandemic onset in early 2020, staff and volunteers of organizations serving the Latine community in Sonoma County have been experiencing burnout and compassion fatigue. Local mental and behavioral health resources are stretched thin and are unable to meet the increasing demand for local staff support and retention, so Imagine You  stepped in to fill the void.  The Imagine You training aims to protect and enhance these community assets by boosting their resilience, increasing their capacity, and mitigating the vicarious trauma they absorb. Thanks to the Healthcare Foundation of Northern Sonoma County’s generous funding, over 40 spanish-speaking staff were trained in the Imagine You Modules and can better assist their communities in times of trauma.

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All spanish Imagine You training in Healdsburg

"The Imagine You training is effective in its simple approach that centers each of our own unique sense of well-being. The Spanish language Imagine You program meets a critical need to invest in mental health supports that recognize cultural wealth. The bilingual, bicultural facilitators put power in the hands of the Latinx and Indigenous Promotora CHWs who in turn reaffirm that power in their clients. Thank you for the good reminder that we have the power to feel better!”

- Jocelyn Boreta, The Botanical Bus

“I have used the tools for me, it helps me a lot to manage my stress, and it also helps me to provide a better service to our clinic clients because it helps me clarify my mind so I can be more present, calmer for our clients.”

- Promotora de salud