Eager to help Houstonians recover, CMBM reached out to our program graduates in the area and received an immediate response from Gwen Brehm, MEd, LPC, the Founder and Executive Director of Houston’s Center for Mind Body Health. Gwen reached out to her friends and colleagues in the mental health community and we soon joined with the leading Houston-based behavioral health and social service organizations – the Institute for Spirituality and Health (ISH), the Menninger Clinic, Houston Galveston Institute, the Jung Center, The Center for Mind Body Health, Compassionate Houston and Healing Circles Houston – to create the Greater Houston Healing Collaborative.
In late November 2017, with funding provided by the Greater Houston Community Foundation’s Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund and The Rotary Club of Houston District 5890, the Collaborative began organizing a community-wide trauma relief and resilience building program for persons impacted by Hurricane Harvey in the City of Houston and Harris County, Texas.