Resources & Reading Materials
Below are resources, recommended readings, and references related to the concepts explored throughout this website. These materials can be valuable to share with the individuals we support in therapy, and can also serve to deepen our own understanding and clinical practice.
Reading Recommendations:
Mental Health Resources:
Hearing Voices Network (HVN)
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hearing-voices.org (International)
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hearingvoicesusa.org (U.S.)
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Offers local and online support groups, educational materials, and a welcoming community for people who hear voices, see visions, or experience unusual beliefs. Built on the idea that these experiences are meaningful—not symptoms.
Intervoice: The International Hearing Voices Network
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A global community supporting people with lived experience. Promotes understanding, dialogue, and non-pathologizing approaches.
Fireweed Collective (formerly The Icarus Project)
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Peer-led, radical mental health education and support focused on healing justice, collective care, and alternatives to diagnosis.
Mad in America
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A platform for research, personal narratives, and education that questions the dominant biomedical model and uplifts lived experiences of transformation and recovery.
ISPS – International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis
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A global organization promoting psychological, social, and relational approaches to psychosis. ISPS connects clinicians, researchers, and individuals with lived experience to advance humane, person-centered care through conferences, publications, and community-building.
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Many national branches (e.g., ISPS-US, ISPS-UK) offer local resources and events.
