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World Hearing Voices Day 'Healing Voices' Screenings: An invitation

World Hearing Voices Day ‘Healing Voices’ Screenings: An invitation

June 30, 2016 | News | Share your views

We’ve been contacted by the producers of ‘Healing Voices‘, a documentary that explores experiences commonly labelled as ‘psychosis’ and ‘mental illness’ through the real-life stories of individuals working to overcome […]

Tags: Alternatives, Documentary, Media, World Hearing Voices Day

2015 World Hearing Voices Congress Announced - Spain

2015 World Hearing Voices Congress Announced – Spain

June 10, 2015 | Events, News, Spain | Share your views

Please note: this page is out-dated. See the new Congress Page for more recent information. We are delighted to share the details of our 2015 World Hearing Voices Congress, hosted […]

Tags: Alternatives, Conference, Hearing Voices Movement, International, World Hearing Voices Congress

2014 World Hearing Voices Congress Announced - Greece

2014 World Hearing Voices Congress Announced – Greece

April 15, 2014 | Events, Greece, News | Share your views

We’re excited to announce details of the upcoming World Hearing Voices Congress in Greece, from 10-12 October. To keep updated with developments, please bookmark the congress website: www.symvoli.gr/conference/hearingvoices/en/ (English Language) […]

Tags: Alternatives, Conference, Greece, Hearing Voices Movement, World Hearing Voices Congress

World Hearing Voices Congress 2013 - Early Bird Rate Ends 31 July

World Hearing Voices Congress 2013 – Early Bird Rate Ends 31 July

July 26, 2013 | Australia, Events, News | 1 Comment

Hearing Voices – Journeys to Understanding Working together to build our understanding about hearing voices and new ways of thinking about recovery.For voice hearers, consumers, service users, clinicians, community workers, carers and […]

Tags: Alternatives, Conference, Recovery, Understanding, World Hearing Voices Congress

Open Dialogue Approach

March 13, 2013 | News, Recovery | 4 Comments

An Alternative Finnish Approach to Healing Psychosis In the 1980s, the psychiatric services in Finland were struggling to support people who were diagnosed with ‘schizophrenia’. 25 years later, their published […]

Tags: Alternatives, Open Dialogue, Psychosis, Recovery, Support, Treatment

Talking With Voices 1-4 October (UK)

July 27, 2012 | Events | Share your views

Working to Recovery presents: Talking With Voices: An Exploration of Voice Dialogues Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire – 1st to 4th October 2012 Many people who hear challenging voices have found that […]

Tags: Alternatives, Training, Voice Dialogue

Thomas Bock

Psychosis Seminars: The Trialogical Approach

June 13, 2012 | Recovery | 1 Comment

Psychosis Seminars were “invented” in Hamburg (Germany) by Dorothea Buck, a psychiatric survivor of the German Nazi regime, and Thomas Bock, a psychologist lecturing at the Hamburg university. They are […]

Tags: Alternatives, Empowerment, Peer Support, Psychosis, Trialogical Approach

Rufus May – The doctor who hears voices (subtitulado)

May 28, 2012 | Recovery, Spain | Share your views

Rufus May recently posted a link to a Spanish sub-titled version of ‘The Doctor Who Hears Voices’ on Youtube. Talking about the documentary, he says: Some Spanish friends have put […]

Tags: Alternatives, Documentary, Psychosis, Rufus May

Book Now: 2012 World Hearing Voices Congress

Book Now: 2012 World Hearing Voices Congress

March 23, 2012 | Events, News | Share your views

Working to Recovery, Asylum Associates, Hearing Voices Network Cymru in conjunction with Intervoice Presents: The Hearing Voices Network 25 Years On Learning from the Past, Practising in the Present, Visioning […]

Tags: Alternatives, Celebration, Hearing Voices Network, Recovery, World Congress

Being Positive About Voices

Being Positive About Voices

May 19, 2011 | Positive Voices | 5 Comments

INTERVOICE has always considered the importance of accepting peoples’ own explanations for their voice experiences as paramount. Many people believe their voices to have spiritual or other significance. In this […]

Tags: Alternatives, Human Variation, Inspiration, Positive Voices, Spirituality

Lessons on Voices from St John of the Cross

Lessons on Voices from St John of the Cross

May 15, 2011 | Positive Voices | 2 Comments

Today we live in a world where the experiences of hearing voices and seeing visions are very often viewed by psychiatry through a biological/medical lens. This approach encourages psychiatry to […]

Tags: Alternatives, Creativity, Locutions, Mysticism, Positivity, Religion, Spirituality, Theology

The Mad Doctor

The Mad Doctor

May 12, 2011 | Personal Experience | 4 Comments

The extraordinary story of Dr Rufus May Published: Independent, 18 March 2007 At the age of 18, Rufus May was diagnosed as an incurable schizophrenic and locked up in a […]

Tags: Alternatives, Diagnosis, Hospital Experience, Medication, Pharmaceutical Industry, Psychology, Recovery, Self Help, Side Effects, Unusual Beliefs

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