People have many different experiences of hearing voices. The course … Hearing Voices Workshop. Some people don't mind their voices or simply find them irritating or distracting, while others find them frightening or intrusive. Hearing Voices That Are Distressing is a complete training/curriculum package in which participants use headphones for listening to a specially designed recording. Setting Up and Sustaining Hearing Voices Groups.
A 3-day workshop that equips participants with the knowledge, confidence and skills to set up and sustain a peer support group for people who hear voices, see visions or have similar sensory experiences (aka ‘Hearing Voices Group). The training leaders were Oryx Cohen, Kate Hill and John Herold. Hearing voices refers to the experience of hearing a voice when no one else is around or hearing a voice that other people cannot hear. Portland Hearing Voices is an Oregon based education and support effort dedicated to promoting mental diversity and supporting the voice-hearing community in the Portland and surrounding areas. We might say someone is ‘hearing voices’ if you hear a voice when no-one is present with you, or which other people with you cannot hear. Hearing Voices Awareness Training: This one-day training will address the same material covered in the overview, but will go into more depth to support participants' exploration in understanding hearing voices and other extreme or unusual experiences and some of the ways that the HVN groups and overall approach can support individuals to move forward toward integrating these experiences into their lives. Welcome to the Intervoice Website. 3-day Hearing Voices Group Facilitator Training - May 18th, 19th, and 20th, 2020 at the Clarion Hotel in West Springfield, Massachusetts. Intervoice – the International Hearing Voices Network – also has a wonderfully diverse collection of video materials on their YouTube channel. During this simulated experience of hearing voices, participants undertake a series of tasks including social interaction in the community, a psychiatric interview, cognitive testing, and an activities group in a mock day treatment program.
This collection includes a few of those that we think you may find interesting or useful. Sponsored by the National Empowerment Center, Portland Hearing Voices, Puget Sound Hearing Voices, and The Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care, this training expanded my understanding of the voice hearing experience and equipped me with a number of tools to use in facilitating hearing voices support groups.
Caroline and Cindy did a truly outstanding job of explaining, demonstrating and leading by example to guide the participants through the curriculum. Over the past few years there has been an increasing amount of radio programmes, videos and short films on hearing voices and related issues available online. The training was an amazing experience that focused on a foundation of understanding and values important to starting and facilitating a hearing voices group, but equally valuable in day-to-day interactions with anyone. Hearing Voices That Are Distressing is a complete training/curriculum package in which participants use headphones for listening to a specially designed recording. Hearing Voices Group Facilitator Training (3 and 4 day options) Full-day Hearing Voices Overview; Half-day (three hour) Hearing Voices Overview; Voice Dialoguing Workshop; Trauma-Informed Approaches to Supporting Voice Hearers * Full-day or multi-day trainings are typically 7 to 8 hours per day. The Hearing Voices simulation is a groundbreaking empathy-building exercise that helps individuals, students, and professionals understand the challenges faced by people with psychiatric disabilities.
Hearing Voices Facilitator trainings are intended to prepare interested individuals to start or sustain Hearing Voices groups in their areas. Hearing Voices: A simulated training experience.