Groups

About Hearing Voices Groups

Hearing Voices Groups are a social environment that encourage and promote:

• Self Empowerment
• Interdependence, and
• A view of members as ‘experts by experience’

Groups Provide:

• Acceptance and a sense that one is not alone
• A safe place to talk about visions and voices
• An opportunity to learn what the voices mean and how to gain control over the experience
• An opportunity to build stronger social networks and supports, and
• A springboard to step into voluntary and then paid employment

Voice hearers in Self-Help Groups:

• Share experiences with patients and non patients
• Explore different ways of managing and coping with voices
• Access information and resources and learn about the recovery process