Genevieve BehrendGenevieve Behrend was a French-born author and teacher of Mental Science, a New Thought discipline created by Thomas Troward. After her studies with Troward, she founded a New Thought school called The School of the Builders in approximately 1915 in ew York City, running it herself until 1925.[1][4][6] She then founded another New Thought school in Los Angeles, after which she traveled throughout North America lecturing on mental science and New Thought for 35 years, as well as giving radio broadcasts. Read More Read Less