Every Person Is a Story
Understanding the diversity of hearing voices
Copenhagen, Denmark
Welcome to the Congress
The World Hearing Voices Congress brings together voice hearers, loved ones, professionals and allies from across the world in a shared space of listening, learning and connection. At the heart of this congress is a simple and powerful idea: every person is a story. Human experiences of voices, visions, paranoia and related phenomena cannot be reduced to categories or diagnoses. To make sense of these experiences, we need to listen to the unique stories behind them.
Welcome to the Congress
Speakers
Compassion Under Pressure?
Kellie Stastny
Kellie is a proud voice hearer whose lived experience sits at the heart of her work. Through her own journey of navigating distress, hearing voices, and recovering from the psychiatric...
Listening to voice-hearing as an embodied, relational human story
Charlie Heriot-Maitland
Charlie Heriot-Maitland is a clinical psychologist, trainer, researcher, and author based in Edinburgh, UK. He has worked for many years with people who hear voices in both inpatient and community...
Voices in Verse: A Poetry Workshop for Voice Hearers
Amanda Peery-Wolf
Amanda is a published and award-winning poet with a degree in poetry from Harvard University. In recent years, she has primarily written about — and alongside — her voices. Amanda...
Every person is a story — but what if voices have stories of their own?
Mick (and his voices)
Mick (Sem) is a voice hearer and, together with his voices, the author of It’s All in My Head!, which was published in Dutch, English and, in 2024, also in...
Living with Voices: Listening Without Interpretation
Roksana Badruddoja
Dr. Roksana Badruddoja is a writer, scholar, and educator whose work explores how people live with voices, silence, grief, and intergenerational trauma over time. She is a Professor of Social...
”Voices through history” Hearing voices is nothing new
Joan Høj Jacobsen
Joan Høj Jacobsen is a 50 year old, Danish woman from Slagelse in western Zealand, who has been hearing voices since she was 8. After many troubled years, she found...
Triggers – Understanding Your Reactions and Experiences
Michael Cidlik
Michael Cidlik has lived experience of hearing voices, seeing visions, and having other sensory and bodily experiences. He is a former chair of the Danish Hearing Voices Network. He works...
Dancing CHIME: Embodying Our Personal Histories and Life Force
Sille Ramsing
Sille, Bachelor of Psychology and Master of Educational Psychology specializing in aesthetic, existential developmental and becoming processes. Alongside her studies, Sille has been a high-level dancer for many years, teaching...
An Embodied, Sensory Learning Experience
Victoria Claire
Victoria is a professional artist specializing in contemporary art and sculpture and has been awarded an honorary doctorate in art for an outstanding contribution to public art from the University...
From “Madness” to Ordinary Peace: Demystifying the Journey into the Heart
Sunshine Grace
Sunshine Grace is a filmmaker, autoethnographic storyteller, educator, and clairaudient medium. After experiencing a three-year spiritual emergency that began unexpectedly during an atheist period in her life, she came to...
The Human Book of Gratitude
Mary Yancy
Mary Angela Yancy is Program Development and Research Associate for Voice and Vision, Inc. She received her Master of Social Work degree from Temple University. Mary is passionate about people...
Meeting the Muses
Viktória G Duda
Viktória G Duda, PhD. is a creative writer, hypnotherapist, and consciousness researcher. She started her career as a lawyer until the calling of powerful voices and a series of spiritually...
The Roots of the Hearing Voices Movement
Dirk Cortens & Paul Baker
Paul Baker is a community mental health worker from the UK; Dirk Corstens works in private practice as a social psychiatrist and psychotherapist. Both are involved in the hearing voices...
A Story That Refused to Break
Jens Tódor Roved
The author Jens Tódor Roved is a psychosis survivor, occupational therapist, photographer and family father of two young girls.
Every Song Has a Story
Kate Crawford
I am a voice hearer; I've been hearing voices since I was four years old due to physical and mental abuse from my mum and gran and then sexual abuse...
Supporting Women Who Hear Voices Across the Lifespan
Leah Ida Harris
Leah Harris, M.A. (she/they) is a mad + disabled psychiatric survivor of Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jewish heritage, who has written and advocated for over two decades for mad liberation, human...
Remote Detonators: Voice-hearing as an embodied and protective strategy
Charlie Heriot-Maitland
Charlie Heriot-Maitland is a clinical psychologist, trainer, researcher, and author based in Edinburgh, UK. He has worked for many years with people who hear voices in both inpatient and community...
Every person is a story
A Library with Human Books
All participants at the congress who have a personal story or a topic relevant to the congress theme that they would like to share with others can make themselves available...
Social Events
Informal Gathering
A core value of Intervoice is connection. This social event offers a unique opportunity to meet people from across countries and cultures, and to create new relationships and friendships in an informal and welcoming setting.
After the congress programme ends at 16:30, participants are invited to stay at Hafnia Hallen for relaxed social time. The afternoon is designed to bring people together for conversation, shared experiences and simple enjoyment – whether you come alone or with others.
Beach Volleyball
From 17:00 to 18:30, there will be the opportunity to take part in a gentle and playful beach volleyball activity inside Hafnia Hallen.
An instructor will introduce a simple way of playing with light, balloon-like balls, making it accessible to everyone. This is not about competition or performance – it is about play, movement and shared enjoyment.
Participants who prefer not to play are warmly invited to sit around the court in bean bags, watch the game, talk, and relax while enjoying a beer, coffee or other refreshments.
Duration: 17:00–18:30
Note: Participation is optional. Spectators welcome!
Congress Dinner – An Evening of Connection and Community
At 19:00 The Congress Dinner will take place in a warm and welcoming setting at Hafnia Hallen, where the congress is held. A heated tent will be beautifully decorated to create a cosy and relaxed atmosphere for the evening. By hosting the dinner at the conference venue, we stay together after the day’s congress programme ends — creating space for conversation, connection and new friendships to grow. This shared setting reflects the spirit of the congress: bringing people together across experiences, cultures and perspectives. The evening will be inspired by a traditional Danish hygge dinner. We will sit together in the same space, enjoy good food, and there will be opportunities for short speeches, playful contributions and shared singing. A delicious buffet will be served, and the first glass of wine is included. This evening is an invitation to slow down, listen to one another, and continue the dialogue in a more informal and human way — because every person is a story, and some of the most meaningful conversations happen around the dinner table.
Registration required: Please register in advance to secure your place.
Limited capacity: Available for up to 120 guests, allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Venue & Travel
Hafnia-Hallen
Julius Andersens Vej 6, 2450 København SV
The World Hearing Voices Congress 2024 will be held at Hafnia-Hallen, a large sports and event center located just outside the center of Copenhagen. The congress will take place amidst the vibrant leisure and cultural life of the Danes. Side by side with Danes of all ages who gather to engage in sports and subsequently foster community over a cold drink or a cup of coffee in the hall café. Denmark has a unique association life, where Danes across the country come together for a wide range of leisure interests. The association life is largely driven by unpaid volunteers who want to contribute to bringing Danes together in communities based on shared interests. In Hafnia-Hallen, you will get a taste of Danish leisure and association life every time you leave a conference room. If you want to awaken your inner child, there are table tennis tables, foosball, basketball hoops, running tracks, and more scattered around the hall where you can play with conference participants or perhaps with a local you have met in the café.
Getting There
Accommodation
Scandic Sydhavnen
€€~2 km from venue
Located approximately 2 km from the venue, this is typically the closest hotel option.
Book Now →a&o Copenhagen Sydhavn
€~2.3 km from venue
A more affordable hotel & hostel option in the area.
Book Now →Tickets and Prices
Secure your spot at the congress
Standard Ticket
Individuals with a normal income
- Full congress access (both days)
- Lunch (sandwich)
- Fruit, croissants & cake
- Free coffee, tea and water
Reduced Ticket
Individuals on social benefits
- Full congress access (both days)
- Lunch (sandwich)
- Fruit, croissants & cake
- Free coffee, tea and water
Congress Dinner
Join us for an evening of great food, networking, and good company on 17 November 2026
- Delicious buffet
- A glass of wine
- Entertainment
If you want to register more than 10 participants, send an email to je@psykovision.dk so you can get a group discount.
Any Questions?
Contact us for more information about the congress.