Resources
Online Resources
ISPS
A program that promotes psychological and social supports for getting through altered states
Treating Psychosis Website
Offers resources, links and exercises
Ted Talk on Voice Hearing
The speaker describes her own lived experience and insight into meaning behind her voices
ACT for Psychosis
Offers resources, links and audio recordings of meditations
Blog by Ron Unger
Blog related to information and recovery from altered states experiences
Mad In America Website
Offers an alternative view of and limitations to treatment
Compassion for Voices
Video inviting people to understand and have more compassion for voice hearing
Compassion Presentation
Dr. Chelsea’s presentation at the ISPS conference in 2020
IIPDW
Research on safe medication withdrawal
Turning Point CORE Sacramento
Offers groups, classes and supports around mental health experiences.
Hearing Voices Group
Group support and connections for individuals with lived experience and family members
Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs
Resource on informed tapering off of medication
I do not offer advice or recommendations on medications. This guide is informative only. Questions about med changes should be discussed with prescribing doctors. Rapid med changes are dangerous and have been found, at times, to escalate an experience of altered states. Please do not make any medication changes without consulting your treatment team.
Journal of Humanistic Psychology
Dr. Chelsea’s article, “Moving Beyond Current Treatment: Responding to Extreme States with Compassion and Dignity”