Houses of Healing: The Basics

Houses of Healing has made a truly life-changing difference for thousands of incarcerated people. As one participant wrote…

“I could not see myself making the progress I have made without this program. It was as if I was sinking in hatred and resentful quicksand that was stripping me of my humanity, health, and peace... but someone reached out and I was willing to accept the helping hand.”

If you work this program, Houses of Healing can help you feel less stressed. It empowers you to respond to people and situations in a way that puts you in charge of your emotions. It helps you deal with anger and guilt… and it will definitely help you become more self-respecting and hopeful– whether you’re inside prison walls or in the community.

Houses of Healing provides you with the opportunity to:

• Practice stress-management techniques, including meditation
• Learn how to see challenging situations in a more empowering way
• Change and heal patterns of violence and addiction
• Heal from trauma
• Transform anger, resentment, and unhealthy guilt and shame
• Learn how to forgive yourself and others
• Heal sadness and grief
• Take responsibility for offending behavior in a way that feels truly liberating
• Nurture your spiritual growth

The entire Houses of Healing Program is 13 sessions long, but in this introductory course, you’ll get a sense of the ways the program is presented and a few of the lessons you’ll find in it.