Living Well with Voice Hearers

An information and discussion day for family members, friends and workers about people who hear voices.

You are the most important form of support for your loved one or friend.

Yet, there is very little practical information and advice available about people who hear voices (and have other extreme experiences like visions and paranoia) that addresses your needs as parents, family members and friends.

This workshop will provide a good sense about – and – practical things that you can do to help yourselves and family members who hear voices.

St Thomas Centre, Higher Ardwick Green, Manchester

Saturday 9th June 2012

10.00 – 15.30

PRESENTERS

Paul Baker and Karen Taylor from Working to Recovery, both have long experience of living with and working with people who hear voices.

AIMS OF THE DAY

The workshop offers a new perspective on what the experience represents and how you can help your relative/friend (including children and young people) cope with their distressing voices.  It is indended to help you to develop new and more empowering ways of assisting yourselves and voice hearers in their recovery journey.  Research shows that this way of working reduces anxiety and isolation; reduces hospital admissions and remissions; and most significantly enables you and the voice hearer to move on with their lives.  The approach has proved particularly effective in assisting people who have not been responding to other forms of treatment and therapy.

TOPICS WILL INCLUDE

• How to regain a sense of being in charge of your life
• Understanding the voice hearing experience
• Research and evidence for this approach
• The practicalities of helping voice hearers

LEARNING OUTCOMES

An introduction to and working knowledge of the hearing voices approach and practical ways that you can assist a family member or friend who hears voices.  The Day will be based on the belief that you are the experts and that by drawing on all of your experiences and ways of coping we will be able to assist each other.

WHO IS IT FOR?

Parents and husbands; wives and partners; brothers and sisters; children and other family members.  Friends and colleagues; concerned workers and members of the community (Workers who support family members; Peer Support Workers; Community Development Workers; Community based mental health workers; Voluntary Workers; Community Leaders; and others who serve the community).

PRESENTERS

Paul Baker - Paul’s brother is a voice hearer.  Paul is a founder of member of INTERVOICE, the coordinating body for the international hearing voices movement, he has worked for the last twenty years on the hearing voices approach.  Paul was one of the founding members of the Hearing Voices Network in England and helped set up the first hearing voices group in Manchester in 1989.  He is a trainer, consultant, community development and group worker, specialising in working with people with who hear voices.

Karen Taylor – Karen’s husband is a voice hearer.  She is an RMN with 16 years experience in the NHS in England with both older people and adults of working age.  Karen has personal experience of designing, implementing and managing innovative community care services including for people hearing voices.  Based in Scotland, Karen is Director of ‘Working to Recovery Ltd.’, alongside her husband Ron Coleman.  Karen has also been involved in introducing Recovery Training in Australia, New Zealand, Palestine, Denmark and Italy, as well as throughout the United Kingdom.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK HERE

TO BOOK YOUR PLACE ONLINE CLICK HERE

TO BOOK VIA APPLICATION FORM CLICK HERE

We will be running our 5 day “Making Recovery Happen – Creating Recovery Champions” residential course in 14th – 19th May, 2012 on the beautiful Isle of Lewis in the Western Isles.

The one-week course will be residential with all meals included. Numbers on this course are limited, so if you are interested contact Karen for more details of the course HERE.  Take a break either end of the course and explore our lovely island. May is one of the best months to come here.

Places will be limited, if you are interested in attending please let us know by contacting Karen at

karen@workingtorecovery.co.uk

For more information about the course CLICK HERE

The Hearing Voices Network 25 Years On: Learning from the Past, Practicing in the Present, Visioning for Future.

19th, 20th & 21st September 2012, in Cardiff, Wales, UK

CALL FOR PAPERS & WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS

We are inviting those interested in presenting papers at themed parallel sessions to now apply by sending in an abstract of no more than 200 words before the 20th May 2012.  Successful presenters will be informed by the 1st June 2012.

Themes for the World Congress parallel sessions are:

• Medication
• Spirituality & Different Belief Systems
• Workers Changing Practice
• Young People & Voices
• Peer Support & Self-help
• Using Creativity
• Research
• Recovery Stories, Voices Hearers, Families & Workers

For more information and on how to apply.  Please CLICK HERE

The Hearing Voices Network 25 Years On: Learning from the Past, Practicing in the Present, Visioning for Future.

19th, 20th & 21st September 2012, in Cardiff, Wales, UK

This year celebrates the 25^th anniversary of the formation of the Hearing Voices Movement.  Over the last 25 years the network has helped countless voice hearers gain ascendancy over the negative impact of the voice hearing experience.  Alongside this, the network has acted as the vehicle for change in professional practice.  On the 19^th 20^th and 21^st of September 2012 the Hearing Voices World Congress and the annual Intervoice meeting will be held in the All Nations Conference Center, Cardiff, Wales.

The Intervoice meeting will be on 19^th September, an Open Space event with speakers, followed by our World Congress on the 20^th and 21^st September.

Contributors over the three days include: Hywel Davies (Wales), Marius Romme, Sandra Escher (Belgium), Joe Calleja (Australia), Lucy Johnstone (Wales), Dirk Corstens (Netherlands), Robin Murray (UK, invited) Rufus May (England), Kellie Comans (Australia), Michaela Amering (Austria), Alan Leader (England), Paul Baker (Spain/UK), Peter Bullimore (England) Jacqui Dillon (England), Ron Coleman (Scotland), Rachel Waddingham (England), and Eleanor Longden (England).  Oryx Cohen (USA), Will Hall (USA), Daniel Hazen (USA)

More Information – CLICK HERE

Book Online – CLICK HERE

Postal Booking – CLICK HERE

Accommodation – CLICK HERE

In this inspiring DVD the co-founders of the Hearing Voices Network, Marius Romme and Sandra Escher, talk openly and honestly about how the Hearing Voices Network developed through their initial work in the Netherlands with voice hearers to the establishment of a movement worldwide across at least 28 countries.

Marius says:

“In 1987, we had no idea the impact that the discovery that accepting and making sense of voices was a helpful alternative was going to have.  Yet, after twenty five years of work we have built a unique and formidable movement of voice hearers and allies that has brought about a big change in the hearing voices are regarded and has found new ways of helping people overwhelmed by the voice.”

This DVD is NOW available to purchse – CLICK HERE

This workshop will enhance participants skills in asking about, understanding and working with persisting fears so to eliminate them. Topics will include:

• Why traumas persist from infancy: a new model of human emotional development
• Analysis of key concepts of the model, via actual cases using videos and transcripts
• Awareness of Infantism and the role of Truth, Trust and Consent in neutralising it
• Skills practice: identifying frozen terror, blockages and barriers, generating trust in the model

The workshop will be facilitated by Dr. Bob Johnson, Sue Johnson and Peter Bullimore: Expert by Experience.  This one day event is open to professionals, carers and people with self experience or anyone who has an interest in Trauma and Fear.

For further information and to book a place CLICK ON LINK BELOW

Eradicating Fear from Past Childhood Traumas – Booking Details

We do not wish to charge for this service and will be using our own resources but it would be very helpful if you believe in this project and would like to support this work.

If you would like to provide a donation towards helping our Respite & Recovery Programme.  Click on the Donate button below.

We will be running our 5 day “Making Recovery Happen – Creating Recovery Champions” residential course in 14th – 19th May, 2012 on the beautiful Isle of Lewis in the Western Isles.

The one-week course will be residential with all meals included. Numbers on this course are limited, so if you are interested contact Karen for more details of the course here. Take a break either end of the course and explore our lovely island. May is one of the best months to come here.

Places will be limited, if you are interested in attending please let us know by contacting Karen at karen@workingtorecovery.co.uk

For more information about the course go here