About Pacific Rim HVN
What is the Pacific Rim Hearing Voices Network?
The Pacific Rim Hearing Voices Network is a collective of resources and materials for people in the Pacific Rim Region who experience voices, visions or other unusual or extreme energies, sensations and states of consciousness. Our goal is to encourage the creation of HVN groups in this region through outreach, support, presentations, resources and trainings. Pacific Rim HVN is about so much more than hearing voices -- it's an attitude, a way of being. We make zero assumption of illness, believe in self determination, welcome all attitudes and believe we all have the right to change our minds at any time.
What do we do?
We advocate for greater awareness of the HVN philosophy by providing engaging and informative presentations to voice hearers, their families and supporters, mental health professionals and allies in the community. We provide resources and information to support the creation and facilitation of new HVN groups in the community as well as in more restricted settings like psychiatric hospitals and prisons. We support facilitators with their questions and needs around their groups. And finally, we provide facilitation trainings where we provide the tools and knowledge necessary to start, support, and facilitate HVN groups.
The Pacific Rim Hearing Voices Network is a collective of resources and materials for people in the Pacific Rim Region who experience voices, visions or other unusual or extreme energies, sensations and states of consciousness. Our goal is to encourage the creation of HVN groups in this region through outreach, support, presentations, resources and trainings. Pacific Rim HVN is about so much more than hearing voices -- it's an attitude, a way of being. We make zero assumption of illness, believe in self determination, welcome all attitudes and believe we all have the right to change our minds at any time.
What do we do?
We advocate for greater awareness of the HVN philosophy by providing engaging and informative presentations to voice hearers, their families and supporters, mental health professionals and allies in the community. We provide resources and information to support the creation and facilitation of new HVN groups in the community as well as in more restricted settings like psychiatric hospitals and prisons. We support facilitators with their questions and needs around their groups. And finally, we provide facilitation trainings where we provide the tools and knowledge necessary to start, support, and facilitate HVN groups.