Hearing Voices Group Facilitation Training May 2026
Hearing Voices Group Facilitation Training May 2026
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This online training course, run across 3 days, is open to people who would like to set up or help run a Hearing Voices Peer Support Group.
Suitable both for professionals and for those with lived experience of voices, visions or beliefs, the training caters to those working across a number of settings including community settings and secure or forensic settings, and to those working with diverse populations including young people.
This training includes three sessions. When you register you are committing to attend ALL three sessions:
- Wednesday 6 May 2026 (10am - 4pm UK time)
- Monday 11 May 2026 (10am - 4pm UK time)
- Monday 18 May 2026 (10am - 4pm UK time)
About Hearing Voices groups
Peer support groups are an established and valuable resource for people who experience voices, visions and other unusual sensory perceptions or alternative realities. Groups provide a safe space to share individual viewpoints, support each other, and find ways of making sense of experiences.
The majority of groups take place in the community, but others can be found embedded for example in hospitals, in prisons and in Early Intervention teams.
About the course
We will cover the following:
- Diverse experiences and understandings of voices, visions, beliefs/alternate realities and 'psychosis'
- Coping strategies and pathways to recovery
- Power and empowerment related to voice hearing
- Practical facilitation skills, including dealing with difficult situations/problem solving
- Planning, launching and sustaining Hearing voices groups
- Training includes consideration of online groups
Grounded in lived experience, and our work supporting people in different settings, we use PowerPoint slides, practical activity and discussion to cater to a variety of learning styles.
‘I would like to say it was one of the best courses I have attended and a great opportunity for exploration and learning.’ - Trainee from 3-day facilitation training
About the Hearing Voices projects at Mind in Camden
- Voice Collective is a UK–wide project that supports young people who hear voices, see visions or have other sensory experiences or beliefs.
- London Hearing Voices Network is a London-wide capacity-building project to increase the quality and quantity of peer support groups for adults who hear voices or see visions.
- Voices Unlocked is a Mind in Camden project dedicated to supporting people who hear voices in prisons, secure units and Immigration Removal Centres.
For updates about the Hearing Voices projects at Mind in Camden, including future training dates, please sign up for our email newsletter.
How to book
To book on to the course, click 'Book your place' and answer the required questions. Please make sure to select the appropriate ticket type when registering. We will be verifying these details on the registration form.
Free places are available if you are:
- working in a forensic or detention setting
- working with young people in London
- someone with lived experience of hearing voices, seeing visions, or holding unshared beliefs who isn't connected to an organisation that could pay for your place.
We are also offering free places for people who are interested in volunteering with the Voice Collective project, helping to facilitate our online peer support groups for young people and parents and carers.
Each date is necessary to attend. Please don't book unless this is possible.
Places on this course tend to fill up quickly. Please register early to avoid disappointment, and make sure to provide your correct email address when you do so. If the ticket type you require has sold out and you would still like to attend the training, please contact lhvn@mindincamden.org.uk to discuss this.
Please note we are only able to take up to 3 people from each institution. Take this into consideration when allocating places.
If you have booked a paid place, the full fee will be chargeable if you cancel less than 7 days before the event
If your organisation needs an invoice, or for any other help with booking, please contact the London Hearing Voices Network. Email: mmacdonagh@mindincamden.org.uk
CONTACT US
Don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions. We would love to hear from you.
Mind in Camden, Barnes House, 9-15 Camden Road, London, NW1 9LQ
For more information please email: lhvn@mindincamden.org.uk