** SEEKING NEW GROUP MEMBERS **  The Frankston group is looking for new members now... if you or someone you know is interested, please contact the group facilitators as soon as you can (contact details on our groups page).

The next workshop for current and aspiring hearing voices group facilitators will be held:

Time:  11am - 3pm

Date:  Monday 13th September, 2010

Venue:  The Stables, 54 Burke Road, Malvern East  (there is lots of free 2 hour street parking, and a few onsite spots for early arrivals)

This is a great chance to meet other people in similar roles, and share ideas, strategies and challenges. 

Note: each quarter we hold the workshop on a different day of the week to make sure people don't miss out.

We believe recovery is not necessarily the absence of voices, but the ability to have a meaningful life.  We believe recovery is possible for everyone.

You are not alone.  An estimated 4% of the population hear voices, sounds or auditory sensations that other people cannot. 

While many voice hearers are distressed by the experience (and typically are diagnosed with schizophrenia or another mental illness), the good news is that most are not.  Hearing Voices Groups help voice hearers to understand the experience, and explore new ways of coping and living.  The groups provide a safe space to explore the experience of hearing voices - without judgement or fear - and with other voice hearers you can relate to. 

Please explore our site, and check the links above for current groups in Victoria, news and resources.  Click here to read our brochure about hearing voices groups. If there are no groups in your area, please let us know.  We are keeping a waiting list and will inform organisations as demand for groups builds up in their areas.

Voices Vic has now worked with many organisations across Victoria - and we'd love to add you to the list.

Please check our upcoming training, and call us to talk it over. We deliver a range of courses, and can also customise training to deliver in your workplace.  We'd be happy to visit your service and talk to voice hearers, staff and carers.  We can help you plan your group and provide lots of ongoing support. 

For a list of organisations we've worked with, click here.

Peter Bullimore and Voices Vic deliver

training on voices and paranoia to over

50 mental health workers, carers and

voice hearers (July 2010).

Ron Coleman & Voices Vic deliver an information day

for carers and family in the Northern Metro region of Melbourne (May 2010).

We know that many carers find the Hearing Voices Approach is helpful in providing supportive strategies to use at home. 

We already have a number of carers involved in the network, and we are members of the Victorian Mental Carers Network.  Many carers and family have attended our training, and others have passed on the information about groups to their loved ones.  We have also provided some information days for family, and visited several carer organisations to share ideas.