Testimonials

I delivered a whole day's training with Invictus Wellbeing, in Halifax, in October 2025. Here's what the attendees said about the training:

"The training was absolutely brilliant! It provided a completely different way of understanding hearing voices, which I now realise is horribly misunderstood within traditional psychiatry. I feel so enlightened and optimistic about working with people who hear voices, even though I felt anxious about doing so beforehand."

I delivered a whole day's training with Mind in Bradford on 24th September 2025. Here's what the attendees said about the training:

"I really enjoyed the training - very informative and interesting! I now have a much deeper understanding of hearing voices centred around the protective function of the experience."

I delivered half a day's training with Mind in Bradford (MiB) on 9th September 2025 . The training was organized by MiB's Youth in Mind service in partnership with other charity organizations in the local area, including Brathay, Barnardos and Inspired Neighbourhoods . Here's what the attendees said about the training:

"Really informative. Everyone needs this training, mental health practitioner or not! I now see a wider view of hearing voices (than the medical model). What I've Iearned is the key connection of hearing voices to trauma, and the importance of not just suppressing voices with tablets, which won't enable someone to live a fulfilling life. I now feel much more confident in supporting clients hearing voices in a psychosocial way - something that I never thought possible!"

I delivered half a day's training with Mind in Bradford (MiB) on 1st September 2025 . The training was organized by MiB's Youth in Mind service in partnership with other charity organizations in the local area, including Barnardos and Inspired Neighbourhoods . Here's what the attendees said about the training:

"Thank you for this excellent training, James. You created a safe space to talk and were very supportive and approachable. My personal learning was around the importance of understanding why the voices are there, and the role of listening and curiosity in achieving this."

I delivered half a day's training with Mind in Bradford (MiB) on 27th August 2025 . The training was organized by MiB's Youth in Mind service in partnership with other charity organizations in the local area, including Barnardos, Invictus Wellbeing, and Brathay Trust. Here's what the attendees said about the training:

"Thank you, James, for your delivery - I loved the the pace at which the training was delivered. I really learned a lot today. The thing that most struck me was the idea that I shouldn't be intimidated by working with clients who hear voices - and should be curious and welcoming of their voices instead."

I delivered half a day's training with the Guide-Line service at Mind in Bradford on 21st July 2025. Here is what the attendees said about the training:

"Great training session - thank you, James! I feel the training covered all aspects of my role. It was also really useful to hear about James's own lived experience of hearing voices to make the theory come alive during the session. My personal learning was around understanding the protective intent behind the voices and supporting clients to listen to and understand their voices, with a focus on helping clients improve their functioning in the here and now."

I delivered half a day's training with the Guide-Line service at Mind in Bradford on 2nd July 2025. Here is what the attendees said about it:

"My personal learning was around how to understand and work with clients with certain types of distressing and challenging voices - specifically, angry voices and suicidal and self-harming voices. On these types of voices, James gave an in-depth presentation on, a presentation that was followed by a lively group discussion. Throughout the session, James also provided great support in an atmosphere of respect!"

I delivered half a day's training with the Children and Young People's Service at Mind in Bradford in February 2025. Here is what the attendees said about it:

"This training was amazing! I benefitted a lot from it. If I had to pick out one thing from the training as my main takeaway, it would be around learning how to improve the relationship with voices, rather than suppress them."

I delivered a whole day's training on voice hearing with the Hearing Voices Network Dundee (SCIO*), known as the Haven, in February 2025. Here is what the participants said about it:

*Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organization

"My personal learning from the training was around how to understand the functioning of different types of voices and how to approach voice dialoguing. This was all incredibly helpful and informative. Thank you! We learned skills that we can use everyday to support our community of voice hearers. All in all: the training was awesome!"

I delivered half a day's individual training on the Maastricht Interview and voice hearing in December 2024. Here is what the participant said about it:

"I thought the training was really interesting and helped make something that was quite complex in places very understandable through examples. My personal learning was around the possible meanings behind voices such as origins in trauma or dissociated emotions."

I delivered half a day's training on the Maastricht Interview at Mind in Bradford in November 2024. Here is what the participants said about it:

"James, you were fantastic! Thanks for being honest and detailed, and for sharing such deep contents on hearing voices"

I delivered a whole day's training on voice hearing at Mind in Bradford on October 29th 2024. Here is what the participants said about it:

“I came to this training without much prior knowledge of voice hearing. This has really given me an insight into this subject.”

I delivered a whole day's training on voice hearing at Mind in Bradford on 23rd October 2024. Here is what the participants said about it:

“The training was great. It was very in depth and exceeded my expectations. Furthermore, it was very helpful how much lived experience the trainer has. My personal learning was that voice hearing is not so different from other mental health experiences, and that it's possible to build a compassionate, validating dialogue with voices.”

I delivered group training on voice hearing at Mind in Bradford in September 2024. Here is what the participants said about it:

“This training gave me ideas on how to interpret voices and suggestions for engaging with clients. Overall the training was well paced, the information was clear - and James was very open to answering questions.”

I delivered group training on voice hearing at Emerge - a charity for young people - in October 2023. Here is what the participants said about it:

“Hearing voices was not something I'd come across before. The training was informative and I liked the gentle, nurturing approach. It made sense to look upon someone as fragmented and as needing to work through a process to wholeness. Great presentation!”

I delivered group training on voice hearing with the Know Your Mind Service at Mind in Bradford in March 2023. Here is what the participants said about it:

“Just really engaging - comprehensible and accessible. Brilliant!”

Jane - mental health worker

I delivered two days of individual training on voice hearing at Bradford University in July 2022. Here is what the participant said about it:

"I found the training to be extremely stimulating, exciting, and engaging. My mind was blown! James is a great teacher, the real-life examples help to consolidate the knowledge as you go, he explains everything methodically and clearly and elicited feedback throughout to ensure the content was helpful for me. I felt so inspired after the training that it reminded me exactly why I got into mental health nursing and I feel so excited to start working on wards again so that I can utilize this knowledge not only to support people with voices but also hopefully positively influence colleagues who may not have this knowledge. I also love how trauma-informed the training was. James is so passionate which made the training all the more engaging. I couldn't recommend this training and James enough. Thank you!"

Lucy Atkinson, Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing, Bradford University

I delivered two days of group training on voice hearing with the voice hearing service at Mind in Bradford in June 2022. Here is what the participants said about it:

“Thorough exposition of a trauma-informed understanding of voice hearing.”

Anne - psychotherapist