Voices Vic Training
Voices Vic will offer training to professionals, carers and voice hearers interested in the approach. Most of our courses will be teaching how to facilitate a Hearing Voices Group, but from time to time we will offer other courses as well. A schedule of training is below.
To attend a course, please complete and send in the registration form or contact us.
2010 Training: January - June
Click here to download our January - June 2010 Training Flyer, including booking form.
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24 Feb 2010
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Starting Your Hearing Voices Group
Trainers: Sandi Noble & Janet Karagounis
A one day practical workshop to get you ready to begin your hearing voices group. Learn practical techniques for group facilitation, ideas for group content, voices resources, and common challenges. Includes a workbook and a follow up visit to your first group by the facilitators. Ideal for people with less experience of group facilitation, or needing some extra support to get their group going.
Janet has facilitated hearing voices groups in community and forensic settings and has attended training with leading international experts in hearing voices. Janet has lived experience of hearing voices and recovery. Sandi Noble has 14 years experience as a disability worker and has facilitated Hearing Voices Groups for five years in community and forensic settings. She also does individual work with voice hearers based on the Maastricht Interview. Sandi has received training from Ron Coleman, Rufus May, Dirk Corstens, Jacqui Dillon, Peter Bullimore and John Watkins.
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21-22 April 2010
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The Hearing Voices Approach
Trainer: Jacqui Dillon
A two day training course which covers the history and philosophy of the hearing voices approach, the three phases of voice hearing, dissociation and the relationship of trauma to hearing voices. This course provides the foundational knowledge for ‘Starting Your Hearing Voices Group’.
Jacqui Dillon is a writer, campaigner, international speaker and trainer specialising in hearing voices, psychosis and trauma. She is the national Chair of the Hearing Voices Network in England, has published several papers and is on the editorial board of the journal Psychosis: Psychological, Social and Integrative Approaches. Along with Professor Marius Romme and Dr Sandra Escher she is co-author of the book, Living with Voices, an anthology of 50 voice hearers’ stories of recovery. Jacqui is also a voice hearer.
Venue: Prahran/St Kilda
75 places
$20 concession card, $220 full fee.
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27-28 April 2010
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Individual Work with Voices
Trainer: Dr Rufus May
A two day training course for people wanting to do one-on-one work with voice hearers. Learn how challenging voices behave, how to use the Voice Dialogue model to understand and work with voices (this includes role play exercises), strategies for coping and understanding, and how to form a construct of the voice hearing experience.
Rufus May, currently working as a clinical psychologist in the NHS in England, is recognised internationally for his work promoting holistic, creative and respectful approaches to mental health and recovery. Rufus has lived experience of the mental health system and his own recovery. For more information, visit www.rufusmay.com
Venue: Prahran/St Kilda
35 places
$35 concession card, $350 full fee.
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2 June 2010
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Starting Your Hearing Voices Group
Trainers: Sandi Noble & Janet Karagounis
A one day practical workshop to get you ready to begin your hearing voices group. Learn practical techniques for group facilitation, ideas for group content, voices resources, and common challenges. Includes a workbook and a follow up visit to your first group by the facilitators. Ideal for people with less experience of group facilitation, or needing some extra support to get their group going.
Janet has facilitated hearing voices groups in community and forensic settings and has attended training with leading international experts in hearing voices. Janet has lived experience of hearing voices and recovery. Sandi Noble has 14 years experience as a disability worker and has facilitated Hearing Voices Groups for five years in community and forensic settings. She also does individual work with voice hearers based on the Maastricht Interview. Sandi has received training from Ron Coleman, Rufus May, Dirk Corstens, Jacqui Dillon, Peter Bullimore and John Watkins.
Venue: Prahran/St Kilda
25 places
$15 concession card, $150 full fee
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2009 Training
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7 - 8 Sept 2009
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Hearing Voices Facilitator Training
Trainer: Jacqui Dillon
Learn about the Hearing Voices approach, and how to start and facilitate a Hearing Voices Group. $20 voice hearers, $220 professionals.
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13 July 2009
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Individual Work with Voice Hearers
Trainer: Trevor Eyles
Learn about the Hearing Voices approach, and how to use the Maastricht Interview and Voice Dialoguing to assist voice hearers to profile and better understand their voices. Free.
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