HEARING DISTRESSING VOICES 

Hearing Distressing Voices, is a 2.5-hour workshop developed by Pat Deegan, Ph.D., where participants listen to a recorded lecture by Dr. Deegan about the experience of hearing voices, and then listen to a specially designed audiotape that simulates the experience of hearing voices that are distressing. While listening to the voices, participants undertake a series of mock tasks/activities including cognitive testing, social interaction in a community setting, a psychiatric emergency room interview and day treatment activities group. Through the simulation experience participants increase their understanding of the lived-experience of psychiatric disability and increase empathy for those who struggle with it, and the impact their involvement/intervention can have on a voice-hearing person.

Learn about

• The types and varieties of voice hearing experiences
• Increasing empathy and understanding of the experience of hearing distressing voices
• More effective ways of helping people who hear distressing voices

Presented by Rachel Priest, MS, Community Health Educator (MHANC)

Registration fee : $10 (non-refundable)  ***Space is limited***

Date & time:  October 9, 2018: 2PM – 4:30PM

Location & Parking: Mental Health Association of Nassau County, 16 Main 

St, 2nd Floor Training Room, Hempstead, NY 11550.

Sponsored by: The Mental Health Association of Nassau County and Nassau County Department of Human Services, Office of Mental Health, Chemical Dependency & Developmental Disabilities Services’ Behavioral Health Awareness Campaign.