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
St Pat’s Psychosis Workshop Compassion focused therapy for psychosis When: Friday 11th December 2015 – 9.45am – 4.30pm Registration at 9.15am Where: Theatre Lecture Hall, St Patricks University Hospital, James’s Street, Dublin 8 Cost €100.00 Organised by: Dr Edel Crehan, Senior Clinical Psychologist, Read More…
Kildare / West Wicklow is starting a new hearing voices group on the 27th of October at 3:30. It is an open group. It is open to all voice hearers around Kildare area. The venue is Newbridge Primary Health Care Read More…
Hearing Voices Workshop, Mental Health Centre, Birr Offaly During the month of July, 10 people attended Shines Hearing Voices Workshop in Birr, Co. Offaly. This workshop aims to provide information and support to voice hearers, family and friends, and support Read More…
Certificate in Mental Health in the Community – Dublin, Galway, Limerick, Athlone and Cork in Sept 2015 ACE at UCC in partnership with Mental Health Ireland are now inviting applications to the innovative part-time Mental Health in the Community Programme, Read More…
Launch of Hearing Voices Support Group In Mayo As a follow on from the Hearing Voices workshop in Galway in June 2015, a new support group is being launched in Mayo. It is being launched in the Welcome Inn in Read More…
How I Discovered Lasting Relief From The Voices That I Hear And Their Physical Attacks. I call myself justaguy, and I have suffered from hearing voices, and the severely painful physical attacks for over 10 years. My real name I Read More…
KERRY KELLY POETRY BOOK Kerry Kelly, now based in Ireland has asked us to share her excellent book of poetry inspired by her struggle with Bi-polar and OCD. Letter from the Author I decided to place this letter at the Read More…
You’ll also find a twitter account set-up for the study here: https://twitter.com/ShapeStudy
FIRST CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS ‘CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON AND BEYOND THE THERAPY INDUSTRY’ 11 AND 12 NOVEMBER 2015 SCHOOL OF APPLIED SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK, IRELAND IN ASSOCIATION WITH CRITICAL VOICES NETWORK IRELAND ‘Talking’ Read More…
Walk and Talk with Psychiatrists, Sunday May 17th @ 1:30pm, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland is delighted to announce its upcoming Walk & Talk event in partnership with See Change, the National Stigma Reduction Partnership, which will Read More…
Discussing Voice Hearing on RTE Radio One John Murray interviews voice hearer Rory Doody on 10th April 2015. Listen HERE Follow up programme with psychiatrist Dr Malcolm Garland on 21st April 2015 includes report on launch of the National Hearing Read More…
Traditionally associated with serious mental illness, perceptions are changing for people who hear voices, writes James Fogarty in the Irish Examiner here http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/the-people-who-hear-voices-in-their-heads-323140.html
Understanding Psychosis And Schizophrenia Why people sometimes hear voices, believe things that others find strange, or appear out of touch with reality …and what can help. An overview of the current state of knowledge in the field, concluding that psychosis can be Read More…
HEARING VOICES WORKSHOP DUBLIN 24TH APRIL 2015 BACKGROUND This hearing voices workshop run by Shine and Hearing Voices Ireland (HVI) came about as a result of initial research and development by Aoife Farrell of Shine in 2013 into the whole Read More…
Cork City Marathon in aid of the Bishopstown Hearing Voices Group Angela Carrazza is running the full Cork City Marathon 1st June 2015 in aid of the Bishopstown Hearing Voices Group (Friends of GF). The raised money will be used Read More…
The Launch of a National Network The Hearing Voices Network Ireland (HVNI) invites you to its National launch on Friday 17th April 2015, 1.30 pm-4.30pm, at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, 24 D’Olier Street, Dublin 2. Read More…
Teresa Nevard, a Trainee Clinical Psychologist from UEA is currently carrying out a study into hearing voices and has asked us if we would publicise it on her behalf. She is particularly interested in people’s relationship with the voices that Read More…
ONE-DAY HEARING VOICES AWARENESS TRAINING Dates: 6 or 7 July 2015. Venue: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, University College Cork. To apply email h.gijbels@ucc.ie specifying name and date. Hosted by the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Read More…
LONGFORD HEARING VOICES GROUP As a result of training carried out by HVI and Shine in the Midlands in 2014 a Hearing Voices Group has been set up in Longford. They had their first meeting in January 2015. This Peer Support Read More…
Outsider Art with Brent Pope Brent Pope is best known for his rugby punditry on RTÉ yet another deep rooted passion of his is “Outsider Art” – This is a term coined to describe art made by people with no Read More…