Hearing Voices: support for voice hearers

Send us Fan MailHearing voices is often assumed to be a symptom of a mental health condition. However this is not always the case and up to 1 in 10 people hear voices, making it not an uncommon human experience. The Voices Vic program is led by peers with lived and living experience in hearing voices, seeing visions or having other sensory experiences. This program offers recovery groups, mentoring and support across Victoria.Our guests for this episode are Janet Karagounis, Senior Peer Mentor and Tali Brash, AOD & Mental Health, Lived & Living Experience for Uniting Vic Tas.We spoke at the Complex needs conference in March 2025 after they gave a presentation "Overcoming barriers and simplifying support for people who hear voices and experience unusual sensory events".More info (not an exhaustive list):Voices Vic support for hearing voices The Voices Clinic (Swinburne University)Hearing Voices (QLD)Hearing Voices Network (WA)Hearing Voices Community Group (Darwin, NT)Voices and Visions peer support group (Sunshine Coast, Qld)Hearing Voices Network (UK) ermha365 provides mental health and disability support for people in Victoria and the Northern Territory. Find out more about our services at our website.Helplines (Australia):Lifeline  13 11 14QLIFE 1800 184 52713 YARN 13 92 76Suicide Callback Service 1300 659 467ermha365 acknowledges that our work in the community takes place on the Traditional Lands of many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and therefore respectfully recognise their Elders, past and present, and the ongoing Custodianship of the Land and Water by all Members of these Communities.We recognise people with lived experience who contribute to GET REAL podcast, and those who love, support and care for them. We recognise their strength, courage and unique perspective as a vital contribution so that we can learn, grow and achieve better outcomes together.