Candace Thompson: Forensic Mental Health to YeahYouToo Founder - Breaking Generational Trauma

Описание: In this episode of the Trustcast Show, host Zane Myers talks with Candace Thompson, Founder & CEO of YeahYouToo - a Cleveland nonprofit connector covering 13 sectors of need. Candace shares her journey from working with forensic mental health patients declared incompetent to stand trial, through personal trauma (sexual abuse, domestic violence, addiction), to founding an organization that connects people to resources. She discusses medication experiments on patients, raising her siblings after her father's suicide, and breaking generational trauma through her Virtual Parent Rejuvenation Program.
What You'll Learn:

Working with forensic mental health patients incompetent to stand trial
Witnessing medication experiments on clients about to be released
The broken mental health system
Working with developmental disabilities
Why YeahYouToo was created - connecting scattered nonprofit resources
13 sectors: domestic violence, ageism, addiction, mental health, veterans, more
Candace's personal trauma: sexual abuse, domestic abuse, addiction, self-harm
Father's suicide in 2010, mother's alcohol addiction
Raising sister Hannah (17 years younger) - she graduates nursing school next year
Virtual Parent Rejuvenation Program - free, Saturdays 1-2pm EST
The PAUSE method for parents
"Female Felons with a Future" job fair - May 2026
Why "Yeah You Too" - inclusive help for everyone
Breaking generational trauma

Connect with YeahYouToo:
Website: https://yeahyoutoo.org
Founder: Candace Thompson, CDCA I, CHW, MHFA, QMHS
Parent Rejuvenation: Saturdays 1-2pm EST (FREE)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio


Chapters:
00:48 - Incompetent to Stand Trial Work
03:07 - Medication Experiments
05:37 - Developmental Disabilities
06:52 - Founding YeahYouToo
12:17 - Personal Trauma Story
15:45 - Parent Rejuvenation Program
20:33 - The Pause Method
26:08 - Why "Yeah You Too"


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