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den, McCarthy-Jones, Waddingham, g Ihomas, 2014; Woods, 2013). Ihe
role of Marius Romme, the first hearing voices therapist, is also essential as
he was able to help legitimize voice hearing as a non-psychiatric symptom
(M. A. Romme & Escher, 2000).
Qualitative findings have demonstrated interconnection between the re¬
lational theory, the HVM and the experience of recovery (Chin, Hayward, &
Drinnan, 2009; Holt & Tickle, 2014; Jackson et al., 2011). The results of rela¬
tionship therapy (Hayward, Berry, McCarthy-Jones, Strauss, & Thomas, 2013)
and recovery experiences (de Jager et al., 2015; Holt & Tickle, 2014) could all
be explained with the help of the relational theory. Chin and colleagues’ (2009)
IPA study explained the relationship between the T and the voices using
elements of Birtchnell’s relating theory (Birtchnell, 1993, 1994): the person¬
alisation of voices, the opposition or united relationship between the T and
the voices, the proximity between the T and the voices. A grounded theory
study (Jackson et al., 2011) revealed three explanatory factors of the positive
relationship between the person and the voices: reduction of fear, recognition
of positive feelings and the establishment of control. These factors were
grounded in different processes: personalization of voices, personal connec¬
tion to the voices, strong self-sense (the sense of independence), connection
to the community and a personal and meaningful narrative about voice hear¬
ing in the life story. Consequently, these experiences led to the recovery¬
centered approaches and the functional concepts of self-help groups.
In Hungary, the Semmelweis University Community Psychiatry Centre
Awakenings Foundation operates a self-help group for voice hearers. This
voice hearing group is self-organized based on the Mérey (2013) self-help
books for voice hearers. Since there was no previous Hungarian research that
examined voice hearing, and IPA is a suitable research method for research
topics that are meaningful experiences, and many previous IPA studies ex¬
amined the experience of voice hearing (Chin et al., 2009; Holt & Tickle, 2015;
Rosen et al., 2015) the aims of the fourth study (Study 4)* included on my
book were:
(1) to explore the lived experiences of voice hearing
(2) to examine how participants make sense of their voice hearing
experience
(3) to examine what does recovery mean in this context
(4) to explore the role of self-help group by utilizing IPA
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