The Hearing Voices movement began in Europe in the late 1980s when Marius Romme, a psychiatrist, realized that his training and therapeutic techniques were not helping one of his patients to manage the voices in her head. In listening to Patsy Hage, Romme began to wonder if maybe other voice-hearers might be in a better position to help her than he was. His hunch turned out to be correct, and the Hearing Voices Network (HVN) was co-founded by Romme and Hage in 1987.

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Australia is now home to some of the best organized hearing voices network groups and collectives in the world.  Prahran Mission's Voices Vic is one such group.  Be sure and check out some of their exciting projects including:

• Research collaborations with Monash University's Voices Clinic, including a randomized control trial (RCT) of a 1-to-1 peer intervention incorporating HVN principles and Intentional Peer Support (IPS).
• An amazing training line-up, including workshops on facilitation, voice profiling, voice dialogue, dissociation, and trainings targeting family & friends.
• Voices Unplugged: a video project featuring "the real stories of voices hearers."