Our Story
STANFORD RESEARCH
2004 Stanford Health Care receives research grant from the Avon Foundation to study the effects of Healing Touch (HT) on breast cancer patients.
HEALING PARTNERS LAUNCHED
2004–2010 With benefit-confirming data, the Stanford program expands to include all types of cancer patients and provides services throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
STANFORD PROGRAM COMES TO CENTRAL COAST
2010–2019 Stanford Healing Partners Program expands to the Monterey area. The local team sees increases in HT Providers, oncologist referrals, and service sites.
HPCC GAINS NONPROFIT STATUS
2019 The local team launches Healing Partners of the Central Coast as a 501(c)(3) organization to sustain program services for the community.
NURSES TRAINED IN HT
2019 HPCC collaborates with Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP) to train nurses in HT.
PIVOTS & NEW PARTNERS
2021 Creative agility sustains the HT Program with remote sessions. HPCC collaborates with Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital.
2022 Focus on training and forming community partnerships with local healthcare organizations to expand awareness and access to HT.
THANK YOU STANFORD
HPCC extends our gratitude to the Stanford Healing Partners Program for helping us to expand the HT Program within the Central Coast. HPCC began providing care in 2010 with only one
Provider; now there are over 25.
Receiving Healing Touch has been an experience
of deep care that is hard to describe in words.
In each session, I settle into states of timeless
peace and rest. I feel so grateful for this
gentle service that has transformed
my well-being.
— HT Recipient
HPCC’s program is modeled after the Stanford Healing Partners research program.
2010 – Local team launches Healing Partners in Monterey at PCC.
2019 – HPCC works with CHOMP to train nurses in Healing Touch.
2021 – HPCC launches collaborative initiatives with Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital.