A new approach to treatment

NAMI Mercer has modeled this group in part on a movement that began in Holland and has spread to the United Kingdom and the United States. Known as the “Hearing Voices Network (HVN),” this approach involves a focus on activities of self-help and respects  the integrity and dignity of all the individuals participating in the support groups. Led by trained facilitators, participants share what they do to negotiate and live with their symptoms in a way that supports their best possible quality of life. They gain a better understanding of the  phenomenon they experience and learn how to work with it in more productive ways.