What can be done? What does this mean for certified peer specialists? • Many who have these experiences have formed communities of mutual and peer support throughout the world, such as the organizations Intervoice and the Hearing Voices Network. • It is entirely within the role and scope of practice of a certified peer specialist to offer peer support to people who experience hearing voices or people who have been understood to have psychotic symptoms. All peers can potentially benefit from the healing of peer support. VIDEO: “Beyond Possible: How the Hearing Voices Approach Transforms Lives” – Open Excellence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk5juEgi1oY After watching the video, answer the following questions. 1. What key concepts, skills, or processes of peer support were illustrated that have been central to this course?
2. The facilitator, Caroline, stated: “What’s worked well is to address [voices] from a place of strength, but it’s really hard to get things like strength, purpose, meaning, and connection from a prescription.” What are your thoughts about this statement?
3. Who was featured in this video? From what backgrounds or cultures did they belong?
4. What sort of shifts, either internally or within systems, will be required to understand the experience of hearing voices as a normal, human experience rather than a dangerous, scary, negative experience? How will you advocate for those shifts?
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