19, 20 & 21 November 2012
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Aras Moyola, Lecture Room 2
National University of Ireland, Galway.
Funded by the Nursing and Midwifery Planning
Development Unit
Health Service Executive
Organised by the Irish Institute of Mental Health
Nursing
An Experiential Workshop for Mental Health Staff and People with Lived
Experience who want to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to facilitate
a Hearing Voices Support Group
Hearing Voices Groups offer a safe place for people to feel accepted and comfortable sharing their experiences of voices, visions, tactile sensations and other unusual experiences and perceptions. People meet together to help and support each other, to exchange information, and to learn from one another. Groups also offer an opportunity for people to accept and “live with voices” in a way that enables them to regain some control over their lives.
Jacqui Dillon is a respected campaigner, writer, international
speaker and trainer specialising in hearing voices, ‘psychosis’, dissociation,
trauma, abuse, healing and recovery. She
is the national Chair of the Hearing Voices Network in England and a Board
member of Intervoice – the International Network for Training, Education and
Research into Hearing Voices. Jacqui is Honorary Lecturer in Clinical
Psychology at the University of East London. Along with Professor Marius Romme
and Dr Sandra Escher she is the co-editor of Living with Voices, an anthology
of 50 voice hearers’ stories of recovery.
She is also co-editor of Demedicalising Misery: Psychiatry, Psychology
and the Human Condition, and has published numerous articles and papers; is on
the editorial board of the journal Psychosis: Psychological, Social and
Integrative Approaches and is a member of the collective for Asylum, the magazine
for Democratic Psychiatry. Jacqui is also a voice hearer. For further information please see www.jacquidillon.org
For
expressions of interest, application form and further information contact:
Siobhán Smyth
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Aras Moyola
3-Day Hearing Voices Group Facilitation & Network
Development Training
Facilitator: Jacqui Dillon
19, 20 & 21 November 2012
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Aras Moyola
Lecture Room 2
National University of Ireland, Galway.
There is an established and emerging body of evidence to support the effectiveness of Hearing Voices Groups. They offer people who hear voices the opportunity to share their experience and find ways of coping with this experience which can be complementary to other support methods.
There are – as yet – very few Hearing Voices groups in Ireland. In
order to continue the development of a network of Hearing Voices Groups, a
3-day training programme for people who are interested in becoming group
facilitators has been organised by the Irish Institute of Mental Health
Nursing, and has been funded by the Nursing and Midwifery Planning
Development Unit, Health Service Executive.
The programme takes place on 19, 20 and 21 November in School of
Nursing and Midwifery,
Aras Moyola, Lecture Room 2, National University of Ireland, Galway,
and is facilitated by Jacqui Dillon. On completion of the training,
participants will be expected to start up a hearing voices group and/or
co-facilitate an existing group. It is
also envisaged that the programme will lead to the establishment of a network
where practising facilitators can meet regularly to share good practice and
their experiences.
Expressions of interest are now invited from voice hearers who have a genuine interest in facilitating/co-facilitating a group and from mental health staff who have agreement and/or opportunities to start a group in the setting in which they work. Joint applications are specifically welcomed from two voice hearers or voice hearer/mental health staff member (maybe supported by the services they use/work in), who have an interest in starting and facilitating a group. Others interested in starting a group, ideally those who have identified a service willing to support them to establish a group, are also welcome to apply.
Places on the programme are limited and will be allocated on the basis
of and ability to attend all 3 days and a willingness and commitment to start a
Hearing Voices group
Expression of interest and application forms available from Siobhan.smyth@nuigalway.ie: 091 49
2832. On receipt, please complete either
the joint application or the individual application form. The closing date for applications is Friday 9th
November 2012.
If you would like to discuss making an application and/or would like
more information about the programme contact Siobhán at the above email or telephone number.
Thanks
Siobhán
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Aras Moyola
National University of Ireland, Galway
