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Hearing Voices Network

The Hearing Voices Network (HVN) is entirely built on and driven by lived experience of voice-hearing, visions, and unusual sensory experiences. It emerged from the radical insight that people who hear voices are the true experts on their own experiences. HVN facilitates self-help groups co-led by…

Expertise: Peer Support, Voice-Hearing, Lived Experience, Self-Help Groups, Training, Anti-Stigma

Hearing Voices Network (HVN) is a UK-based national charity supporting people who hear voices, see visions, or have other unusual sensory experiences. Based in London, HVN promotes a non-pathologising approach to these experiences, offering peer-led self-help groups, workshops, training, and information resources. It connects with the broader international Hearing Voices Movement and partners with universities and mental health organisations to develop empowering, recovery-oriented approaches. HVN maintains an active e-bulletin and newsletter, and engages with media to present realistic and hopeful perspectives on voice-hearing experiences.