EP 25 – Hearing Voices – Psychosis or Something Else? with Brittany Quagan

<p style="text-align:center;">To watch the video of this episode, please go to: <a href='https://youtu.be/rqqSwMb4yFg'>https://youtu.be/rqqSwMb4yFg</a></p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> <p style="text-align:center;">What would it be like if we didn’t judge our clients for their experiences? </p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> <p style="text-align:center;">What if hearing voices is far more common than we recognize?</p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> <p style="text-align:center;">What is the Yale COPE Project and what is its target?</p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> <p>Tune in to find these potent discoveries and more in the latest episode of Kaleidoscope of Possibilities in which Dr. Adriana Popescu is joined by licensed clinical therapist, co-director of the Yale COPE Project, psychic and medium Brittany Quagan, M.S., LPC.</p> <p> </p> <p>You will hear how we can empower our clients with a different possibility when they are hearing voices and learn that there is so much more available to us to when we work with these perceptual experiences, instead of against them.</p> <p> </p> <p>In this episode:</p> <ul><li>Brittany’s powerful story and experiences of hearing voices</li> <li>Western paradigms versus traditional cultures</li> <li>The mediums of Lily Dale</li> <li>Voice hearers</li> <li>Taking the control and power back</li> <li>Fear, stigmas, and sanity</li> <li>Exploration</li> <li>The role of trauma</li> <li>Shameful thoughts</li> <li>Challenging beliefs and thoughts</li> <li>Empowering people</li> <li>Empathic gifts</li> <li>Learning to work with experiences</li> <li>The Cope Project (Control Over Perceptual Experiences)</li> <li>Creating a scale to measure control of experiences</li> <li>Hopes for the project</li> <li>The role of medication</li> <li>Resources for the mental health professional</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Resources mentioned in this episode:</p> <ul><li>Email: <a href='mailto:Brittany.Quagan@yale.edu'>Quagan@yale.edu</a></li> <li>Cope proje