Intervoice is truly an international movement, bringing together people who hear voices, their supporters and concerned citizens from across the globe. If you would like to find out what is happening in your country, click on the link below.
If your country is not yet part of Intervoice, please contact us so that we can support you to develop your own network. Sometimes it’s just takes one person to get things started.
List of Networks
Australia
In July of 2005, the Richmond Fellowship of Western Australia (RFWA) brought Ron Coleman & Karen Taylor to Perth (Australia) to deliver a series of Recovery workshops … [Read More ...]
Austria
In Linz, Chuck Schneider and Marlene Weiterschan are active with supporting self-help groups and running a training program. Whilst in Vienna, Monika Mikus actively promotes the Hearing Voices Movement … [Read More ...]
Canada
The development of a Canadian HVN is underway! Maria Haarmans from Toronto, Ontario. Maria is the INTERVOICE representative in Canada and is bringing together organisations and individuals … [Read More ...]
Denmark
The Danish hearing voices network was officially inaugurated on the 3rd October 2005 and among those participating were Marius Romme and Sandra Escher … [Read More ...]
England
The first hearing Voices group was formed in 1988 in Manchester. Following a national conference held in London in 1990, the Independent on Sunday newspaper published a prominent article … [Read More ...]
France
Travailler et parler avec les voix: Créer le rétablissement pour les personnes qui entendent des voix. The 4 day event that took place in Armentières, France on 31th January to 3rd February. 2011 was very successful and led to the establishment of a Hearing Voices Network in France … [Read More ...]
Germany
The German National Network (NeSt e.V.) was founded in 1998. It has about 130 members and an office in Berlin. Monika Hoffmann, one of the co-founders of the “NeSt”, is still one of its … [Read More ...]
Greece
A group has started in Thessaloniki and they have plans to set up a support network for voice hearers and translate materials into Greek. In Athens … [Read More ...]
Ireland
Hearing Voices Ireland (HVI) was established in 2006 and its main function is to help improve and support social networking amongst people who have become isolated … [Read More ...]
Italy
Angelo Arecco, Cristina Contini, Marcello Macario, and Alessandra Santonio co-ordinate the hearing voices network in Italy. They hold annual national conferences … [Read More ...]
Japan
The initiative to develop a hearing voices network was taken by longstanding INTERVOICE member, Wakio Sato, a psycholgist and a lecturer of Kyoto Kohka Women’s College … [Read More ...]
Netherlands
The Hearing Voices Network in the Netherlands was the first network to be established in europe and has been in existence since 1987. Stichting Weerklank remains very active … [Read More ...]
New Zealand
The Hearing Voices Network is an Incorporated Society called “Hearing Voices Network Aotearoa New Zealand Incorporated”. The incorporation took place on September 14th 2007 … [Read More ...]
Norway
I Norge er aktiviteten i hovedsak avhengig av interesserte enkeltpersoner. Det har vært flere konferanser om temaet, de to første var i Molde på initiativ av Geir Fredriksen …[Read More ...]
Palestine
There are 2 voices group running at the Bethlehem Hospital, with new groups being set up in Ramala & Hebron and hearing voices training also being carried out in the Gaza Strip …[Read More ...]
Scotland
Scotland has an active National Network, local groups and has been organising regular meetings and conferences.The Network has a national steering group, including … [Read More ...]
Spain
There is growing interest in Spain where Professor, Dr. Manuel Gonzalez de Chavez Menendez has initiated the translation of ‘Making Sense of Voices’ into Spanish … [Read More ...]
Sweden
There are active networks in Stockholm, Umea, Skelleftea, Boden and Linkoping and in Lund. In Stockholm, Ami Rohnitz, Siv Wetterberg and Anneli Westling are very active … [Read More ...]
Switzerland
The Hearing Voices Network in Switzerland entitled Mouvement Les Sans-Voix, was established by Theresa Krummenacher. She also founded the self-help group in Geneva and in 1999 published … [Read More ...]
USA
In 1999 the Madison Voices Group in Wisconsen became the first Hearing Voices Group to be set up in the United States. Jenny Branks established, facilitates and coordinates this group … [Read More ...]
Wales
HVN Cymru was founded in 2001, it exists to raise awareness of hearing voices from a variety of perspectives. The work is supported by Hywel Davies. There are locally … [Read More ...]
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