Talking with Voices

Wednesday, May 17, 2023, 9:00 AM - Thursday, May 25, 2023, 1:00 PM, Online

This 4 half-day workshop will look at how we can use the Talking with Voices Approach to help people who hear voices change the relationship with their voices. The workshop will include first person accounts from voice hearers about how they have used the approach and small group experiential exercises to try out techniques. Voice hearing is often a powerful experience that people have and can feel confused and overwhelmed by. We will look at how it is possible to work with voice hearers to better understand why they might be hearing voices and ways to shift the power relationship with voices. The Talking with Voices ideas that we will share will be rooted in Voice Dialogue theory and research conducted by the Hearing Voices Movement. Participants will have the opportunity to conduct experiential interviews in twos and we will introduce and demonstrate how to facilitate dialogue that helps understanding and cooperation develop between the person who hears voice and the voices. We will also look at the obstacles to this approach in a society where voice-hearing as an experience is feared and shunned and possible creative ways of addressing them.

Registration Cost Per Participant:

Regular: $390.00

Early Bird - Until April 26th: $295.00

Student: $215.00

Peer: $100.00

To register, please click on the Register tab above.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (14.00 hours), APA Continuing Education credits (14.00 hours), ASWB Continuing Education (ACE) credits (14.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (14.00 hours)

1. Discuss the Accepting Voices approach.
2. Identify how to map out people’s voices with them.
3. Explain Voice dialogue theory of selves and its relevance to voice hearing.
4. Acquire skills in supporting voice hearers to be more assertive in relation to others, including their voices.
5. Demonstrate how to facilitate a voice dialogue conversation.

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Credit Designation 
American Medical Association (AMA) 
Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 14.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

ASWB Approved Continuing Education Credit (ACE) – Social Work Credit 
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Stanford Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this activity receive 14.0 continuing education credits.

American Psychological Association (APA) 
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibly for the content of the programs. 

Cancellation Policy
Cancellations accepted for full refund up to 7 days prior to the date of the workshop.  After 7 days prior, no cancellations will be processed for a refund.  Please send cancellation requests to [email protected].

Stanford University School of Medicine reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary.
Accessibility Statement
 Stanford University School of Medicine is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require accommodations, please contact the CME Conference Coordinator.

Cultural and Linguistic Competency
The planners and speakers of this CME activity have been encouraged to address cultural issues relevant to their topic area for the purpose of complying with California Assembly Bill 1195. Moreover, the Stanford University School of Medicine Multicultural Health Portal contains many useful cultural and linguistic competency tools including culture guides, language access information and pertinent state and federal laws.  You are encouraged to visit the Multicultural Health Portal: https://laneguides.stanford.edu/multicultural-health

For activity related questions, please contact
     Name: Aline Rocha
     Email: [email protected]

For CME general questions, please contact 
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Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Stanford Medicine adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

There are no relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies for anyone who was in control of the content of this activity, except those listed in the table below. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.