Would you be willing to talk about your voices on radio? Hi there, My name is Teresa Keane and I am an Area Development Officer for Mental Health Ireland. I am familiar with my local Hearing Voices group in Castlebar, Read More…
The National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities (NAS) is funded and supported by the Citizens Information Board (CIB). The Comhairle Act 2000 and the Citizens Information Act 2007 give CIB a statutory responsibility for the provision of advocacy, particularly Read More…
Dates for your diary: The 10th Critical Perspectives conference will take place on 14 and 15 November this year. Key note speakers confirmed: Lucy Costa and Jijian Voronka from Canada, Helen Spandler, Lynne Friedli and Danny Taggart from England, and Deirdre Lillis Read More…
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice review – A fascinating but flawed exploration of psychosis. Read full article here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gaming/reviews/hellblade-senuas-sacrifice-review-fascinating-flawed-exploration/
From Brian Hartnett, founder of Hearing Voices Ireland (HVI) I have a weekly radio show on Limerick City Community Radio (LCCR) www.lccr.ie This particular show is all about HEARING VOICES. I have heard voices for thirty years and have had Read More…
Look Beyond Regional Launch – Limerick Description See Change will hold a regional launch of their ‘Look Beyond’ photovoice research exhibition on Tuesday 21st November 2017 at 6pm, in the Hunt Museum, Limerick. ‘Look Beyond’ is an exhibition of photographs Read More…
https://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/the-late-late-show-extras-30003017/10785254/ Follow the link above to the RTE Player to hear two women who hear voices on the Late Late Show. Nicola Wall and Michelle Dalton both featured in the documentary, ‘Schizophrenia: The Voices in my Head’. They join Ryan Read More…
A new documentary from RTE on Schizophrenia and Voices is now available on the RTE player here https://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/schizophrenia-the-voices-in-my-head-30004839/10777926/ Young people speak about what it’s like to live with such a severe mental health disorder, and struggle with delusional thoughts and the Read More…
The Belfast Hearing Voices Group have a new website here for your information http://www.voicehearers.co.uk/
Raising Awareness Strengthening Abilities This series of programmes from Athlone Community Radio explores how people with disabilities overcome the challenges of living with a disability and how they break through these barriers to gain autonomy. LISTEN HERE: https://www.mixcloud.com/AthloneCommunityRadio/raising-awareness-episode-8-strengthening-abilities-with-advocacy/
Cannabis (Weed) Awareness Workshop A workshop to enhance knowledge about cannabis, cannabis use and misuse and to explore the skills needed to work with cannabis users. Date: Thursday July 13 th 2017 from 10am to 5pm Venue: Oranmore Lodge Hotel, Read More…
Hi Everyone Please see attach flyers regarding two upcoming Events that are happening in June and July for more information and how to book a place if you would like to attend any these events and please feel free to Read More…
The Faculty of Health Sciences will host the inaugural lecture of Professor Brendan Kelly, School of Medicine, on Thursday 11th May in the Trinity Centre, Tallaght Hospital. Professor Bredan Kelly Invite Directions to CLD Tallght Hospital Map_Hospital plan
https://themighty.com/2016/12/letter-to-anyone-struggling-with-suicidal-thoughts/ Follow the link above for help and advice if you are suicidal. Please feel free to leave comments.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/09/the-voices-in-our-heads Follow the link above for a very interesting article on hearing voices in the New Yorker Magazine.
The Dublin North, North East Recovery College is delighted to announce that applications for our new series of courses supporting Mental Health well-being and Recovery will be open from Monday, January 16th. For more details about our upcoming courses Read More…
On Thursday 2nd February and Friday 3rd of February 2017 St Patrick’s Mental Health Services will be running a two-day Compassion Focused Therapy for Psychosis workshop, organised by Dr Edel Crehan, Senior Clinical Psychologist, Living Through Psychosis Programme. Following on from last year’s successful workshop Read More…
Cairde has just published a Pathways to Being Well. Mental Health Guide for Ethnic Minorities in Ireland which includes contact details to Hearing Voices Ireland. We hope this guide could also be a useful tool in your work with ethnic Read More…
Online Voice Hearers Course
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Living Links Info Evening 2016 POSTER Dear Sir / Madam, I hope this message finds you well? I would like to formally invite you along to our upcoming Information Evening, which will take place at Market Hall, Glenties on September 19th Read More…
Dark Matter: A Brief Chapbook of Poetry by Kerry Valkyrie Baldock Kelly About the Author Kerry Valkyrie Baldock Kelly was born in Kent, England. She was diagnosed with severe ENT problems which included deafness. She had several operations and although she Read More…
My good friend Andrew Muir guested on my show The Other Side Of The Tracks on Limerick City Community Radio www.lccr.ie This excerpt from the show is where we talk about our experience of hearing voices. You can here the entire Read More…
Hi Brian Hartnett here founder of Hearing Voices Ireland. This video explains my experience of voice hearing. It is one of many views on the subject. I am happy to discuss further so please feel free to contact me at Read More…
An interior locution is a mystical concept used by various religions, including the Roman Catholic Church. In an interior locution, a person reportedly receives a set of (usually auditory) ideas, thoughts, or imaginations from an outside spiritual source. Interior locutions Read More…
“I need to do this as part of my recovery,” says Gráinne Quick-Humphrys about her return to music after a nearly twenty-year hiatus. In 1998 Gráinne collapsed from a nervous breakdown brought on by unresolved childhood issues. As a young Read More…
Listening To Voices Project in conjunction with Hearing Voices Ireland (HVI) Listening to Voices: Creative Disruptions with the Hearing Voices Network is a research project that tries to understand how we can listen to voices that we find difficult, disruptive or Read More…
My Journey and experience with Paranoid Schizophrenia (Psychosis) I was diagnosed with Paranoid Schizophrenia (Psychosis) in February 2012 and hospitalised for the first time at just aged 18 because I went through a traumatic event when I was in college Read More…
INNER HEALTH SEMINAR: Towards a balanced and empowered understanding of mental, emotional and spiritual health The Red Door, the Square, Newcastle West. Sunday 20th December Admission free: An invitation to take a break from pre- Christmas activity and learn something new… Session 1: Read More…
Compassion for Voices: a tale of courage and hope A film about the compassionate approach to relating with voices, with potential for use as a therapeutic, educational, and de-stigmatising tool. www.compassionforvoices.com