Welcome to the HVNI. For information on finding a hearing voices group in your area, please click this link:
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Hearing Voices Research Study
You may be interested in taking part in the following research study.
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Hearing Voices Network Ireland’s 10th Anniversary on 17 April 2025
Hearing Voices Network Ireland is celebrating its 10th anniversary on 17 April 2025, having had its launch on 17 April 2015 in TCD (https://hearingvoicesnetworkireland.ie/hvni-national-launch/) Since that time HVNI has organised various HV related courses and workshops, facilitated by experts by experience, such as Jacqui Dillon, Rai Waddingham, Peter Bullimore, Rufus May and Elisabeth Svanholmer, providing … Continue reading Hearing Voices Network Ireland’s 10th Anniversary on 17 April 2025
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Experience of the World Voices Congress as presented at the HVNI AGM 2024
by Eoin Toomey The event was held in a large sports hall. There was a main venue and four smaller rooms where presentations were made. Some of the presentations were beautiful testimonies of recovery, acceptance and meaning – making in people who had experienced unusual sensory experiences in their lives. Others were related to tapering … Continue reading Experience of the World Voices Congress as presented at the HVNI AGM 2024
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Our Chairperson of HVNI speaks about Hearing Voices
The Hearing Voices Network Ireland (HVNI) is one of over 20 nationally-based networks around the world joined by shared goals and values, incorporating a fundamental belief that there are many ways to understand the experience of hearing voices and other unusual or extreme experiences. It is part of an international collaboration between people with lived experience, their families and professionals to develop an alternative approach to coping with emotional distress that is empowering and useful to people, and does not start from the assumption that they have an illness.
Goals of the Hearing Voices Network Ireland Include:
- Raising awareness about voice hearing, visions and other unusual or extreme experiences
- Supporting anyone who has had these experiences by providing opportunities to talk about them freely and without judgment amongst peers
- Supporting anyone who has had these experiences to explore, understand, learn and grow from them in their own way
- Supporting family, friends, workers and the general community to broaden their understanding and ability to support individuals who have had these experiences
Our Work Includes:
- Promoting access to information and resources about hearing voices and related topics and supporting the development of HVN support groups in accordance Intervoice
- Providing information for providers, family, friends and the general public on the HVN approach and the experience of hearing voices and other unusual or extreme experiences
- Providing information on training for individuals interested in becoming HVN group facilitators and starting new groups
- Supporting HVN group facilitators to network and support one another
Begin Your Own Journey Toward Learning More By:
- Exploring our website
- Finding a HVN group or training in your area
- Checking out one of the many great books, articles or films on HVN and/or hearing voices on the resources page