Julie Downs
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Julie Downs BA (hons) Cert ED.
Julie Downs is the co-ordinator of the Hearing Voices Network (HVN) in England.
Julie Downs has had a long association with the Hearing Voices Network starting in the early 90's as a member of the HVN Steering Group. Working voluntarily, Julie who was a creative therapist facilitating women's and art groups. She later went on to become a hearing voices trainer and organiser of Hearing Voices Conferences.
Based in Manchester, she has been the National Co-coordinator of HVN since 1999 during which time she helped to set up many groups and support the inauguration of HVN networks in other countries including Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the USA.
Julie is editor of Voices, the HVN newsletter and several publications; Starting and Supporting Voices Groups, Coping with voices and Visions and Basic Information About Hearing Voices and has written material for and facilitated training on many aspects of hearing voices.