Dates: 9/23/25, 9/24/25, and 11/10/25
Location: Virtual Through Zoom
Time: 9 AM - 5 PM EST
Max 20 students
Attendance required for all sessions
The Maastricht Approach is a social and bio-graphical approach to hearing voices that was developed by Sandra Esher and Marius Romme in partnership with Voice Hearers in the United Kingdom. The approach “… was based on the premise that hearing voices is a normal human experience that has a personal meaning in relation with life history, which they seek to understand”.
This training is for providers, voice hearers, and supporters to gain insight into the experience of voice hearing and learn strategies for navigating the experience.
The Goal of Recovery: Maastricht involves accepting and making sense of the experience as a means of providing both relief and the possibility of recovery.
- Learn skills to cope and negotiate with voices, to build a more positive relationship with the voices.
- Voice hearers can learn to have pride in their experience and to give their voices personal and positive meaning.
- Create a life of which the voices become a part.
- Learn to no longer be dominated by ones voices, and make their own choices.
RSS and CCB Credits approved
20 CECs
Cost: $250 (sliding scale available, minimum payment $100, please email info@advocacyunlimited.org for more information)
Full Training Schedule
Session 1 | How to use the Maastrict Interview & Develop a Report of the Experience.
Session 2 | How to formulate a construct of the interview, identify who the voices are and what they represent in the person's life.
Session 3 | How to use the information gathered in the construct.
MAP relies entirely on the generosity of the community. Please reserve your seat by making a payment of $250, which is about $10/credit hour. Your seat will not be reserved until payment is received.