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Reflections on Marius Romme and Sandra Escher – Accepting and Making Sense of Hearing Voices

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Research Summary: Hearing Voices — Acceptance and Meaning-Making

Topic: Educational lecture on voice-hearing experiences and psychosocial approaches to acceptance
Key Speakers: Professor Marius Romme and Dr Sandra Escher, leading researchers in voice-hearing studies
Event Details: Public lecture held 19 October 2011, 5:30–6:30 pm at Collingwood College, Durham University
Primary Focus: Exploring frameworks for accepting and constructing meaning from auditory experiences rather than pathologizing them
Knowledge Grade: Established research — Romme and Escher are foundational figures in the hearing voices movement and peer-support paradigm
Theoretical Approach: Person-centered and meaning-oriented; emphasizes lived experience and social context over purely biomedical models
Resources: Review available on Hearing the Voice blog; follow-up lectures and updates via blog subscription and social media

Professor Marius Romme and Dr Sandra Escher

Accepting and making sense of hearing voices

19 October 2011, 5.30-6.30pm
Collingwood College, Durham University

Angela Woods has reviewed this lecture on the Hearing the Voice blog. To keep in touch with Marius and Sandra’s activities while in Durham, including a planned follow-up public lecture, subscribe to the Hearing the Voice blog or [twitter-follow screen_name=’hearingvoice’]

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