Grounded in the principles of the Hearing Voices Movement and informed by personal and professional experience, this one-day interactive seminar offers participants an opportunity to gain an awareness of the experience of hearing voices, learn about alternative frameworks for making sense of voice-hearing, beyond diagnostic labels, and develop the confidence and tools to support others in compassionate, non-pathologising ways. The seminar is aimed at mental health professionals, people with lived experience, supporters and significant others.

This a free event (donations warmly received), but registration is required by emailing Harry Gijbels at h.gijbels@ucc.ie requesting a place.

Jacqui Dillon is an activist, author, and speaker, and has lectured and published worldwide on trauma, abuse, hearing voices, psychosis, dissociation, and healing. She is a key figure in the international Hearing Voices Movement, has co-edited three books, published numerous articles and papers and is on the editorial board of the journal Psychosis: Psychological, Social and Integrative Approaches. Jacqui is Honorary Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of East London, Visiting Research Fellow at The Centre for Community Mental Health, Birmingham City University and a member of the Advisory Board, The Collaborating Centre for Values-Based Practice in Health and Social Care, St Catherine’s College, Oxford University. Jacqui is part of a collective voice demanding a radical shift in the way we understand and respond to experiences currently defined as psychiatric illnesses. In 2017, Jacqui was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Psychology by the University of East London. See www.jacquidillon.org

This event is organised by the Hearing Voices Ireland Network (HVNI) https://hearingvoicesnetworkireland.ie/ in association with the Institute for Social Science in the 21st Century and Collective Social Futures.