This paper takes a look at whether phenomenology can be an appropriate means of dealing with auditory
hallucinations. The
paper explains that the phenomenological approach to auditory
hallucinations would be to suggest that people who hallucinate actually do have experiences of hallucinations and that hearing a voice when no one else is around is an actual experience just like any other. The paper further explains that from the phenomenological point of view auditory hallucinations should be considered normal for some people some of the time. The paper discusses phenomenology and its use in dealing with auditory hallucinations from the perspective of several well-known psychologists, from a religious
viewpoint, a medical viewpoint and a shamanic viewpoint. Table of Contents Jung and Auditory Hallucinations Shamanic Traditions and Psychotherapy Religious Viewpoint of Hearing Voices, Vis-a-Vis Therapeutic Issues Medical Considerations of 'Hearing Voices' Social Work and Auditory Hallucinations Other Opinions CBT