Hearing Voices Groups

Hearing Voices Groups are self-help, social groups not psychotherapy or “treatment” groups. They are stigma-free groups to share experiences, insights and strategies, and to improve quality of life for voice hearers. Click here to read the Hearing Voices USA Charter & to find out what a group entails. You can read a nice description of groups here.

Hearing Voices Network NYC does not control/monitor these groups in any way, groups are created by people in the community and then listed on the website as a means of organzing them.

Are you a voice-hearer or person with lived experience & are looking to form a group? Let us know! We can help you advertise your group, find a space, a co-facilitator, materials, etc.

Manhattan

(1) 

Where: Virtual NAMI-NYC 

When: Every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month, 3:30-5pm

Contact: Website 

(2)

Family & Friends Group 

Where: Virtual

When: Every 1st Wednesday of the month at 1-2:30pm

More Info: Here

(3) 

Family & Friends Group

Where: NAMI NYC 307 West 38th Street, 8th Floor, NY, NY

When: Every 3rd Thursday of the month 6-7:30pm

More Info: Here

Brooklyn

(1)

Where: YMHA of Boro Park Room #211: For Jewish Orthodox Voice-Hearers 4910 14th Ave. Brooklyn (between 50th & 49th Streets)

When: Second and Last Monday of the Month: Men ( 4-5:30pm) & Women (6-7:30pm); contact facilitator first

Contact: Leah Rokeach:  [email protected]

Queens

(1)

Where: Rego Park Library 91-41 63rd Drive, Rego Park, NY 11374

When: 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month, 2:30-4:30pm

Contact: Maja Leibovitz [email protected]

Lower Hudson Valley

(1)

Where: CHOICE Hearing Voices Group 200 E. Post Rd. (Lower Level), White Plains, NY 10601 

When: Wednesdays, 12:30pm-2:30pm

Contact: Rodolfo Borges – (914) 727-2251; [email protected]

(2)

Where: R.I.S.E. Center Hearing Voices Group / ZOOM / Meeting ID# is 923 9569 1922. 

When: Fridays, 5 – 6 pm

Contact: John Lyn – (914) 664-3444; [email protected]

Long Island

(1)

Where: The Mental Health Association 16 Main St. Hempstead, NY 11550

When: Wednesday afternoon at 3:45 PM to 4:45 PM

Contact: Allen Cardwell,  Turquoise House 516-489-0100  x 2005

Manager of Peer Services

Upstate New York

(1)

Where: The Empowerment Exchange 2136 Burdett Ave Troy, NY

When: Wednesday afternoons 4-5:30pm

Contact: Sarah at (518)235-2173 or  [email protected]

Online Support

First and Third Wednesday of every month

7PM Eastern / 4PM Pacific

The group will use the ZOOM meeting platform which is free to download on computers and Smartphones. Call-in option is also available.

This group is for those with personal lived experience with hearing voices, seeing visions, and/or negotiating alternative realities.

With further questions and for details on how to access the group please contact: [email protected]