You can support NAMI Santa Cruz County every time you shop on Amazon Smile. It's easy! Sign up for Amazon Smile and select NAMI Santa Cruz County. Everything will look and behave the same as shopping on amazon.com.  The Amazon Smile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases.

---

Ok 2 Talk 
​1-800- 273- TALK (8256)
​ok2talk.org

---

24-Hour Suicide Crisis Line
Toll-free: 1-877-663-5433 (ONE LIFE)
Local: 831-458-5300

---

Presentation recording and powerpoint can be found at:
http://www.namiscc.org/materials.html

​The M.O.D.E.R.N Voice Hearer:
An innovative approach for people who experience distressing voices

Presented by
Ms. Debra Lampshire

Debra has heard voices since childhood and spent several decades in Mental Institutions. She discovered a way of getting her voices under control and reclaimed her life. Her approach has now been adopted by mainstream Mental Health Services in New Zealand. In this presentation she will discuss her approach to dealing with distressing voices and the current Mental Health environment with an emphasis on Recovery.
 
Debra has an extensive background as a mental health educator and as consultant providing Peer Advisory Services. She serves as the Project Manager for the Psychological Interventions for Enduring Mental Illness Project, developed the Consumer-Clinician Alliance to co-facilitate therapeutic groups for people who hear distressing voices and trains clinical staff in her innovative and internationally renowned approach to voice hearing.
 
Debra is a Professional Teaching Fellow with The University of Auckland’s Centre for Mental Health Research in the School of Nursing, and travels internationally for conferences, teaching and presenting her publications. She transferred her own 30 years of the lived experience of recovery, voice hearing and the shared experiences of the consumers she has worked with into a wealth of knowledge that is collaborative, interactive and empowering. 

---

---

Become a member or renew your membership

Become a Member

When you become a member of NAMI, you become one of the thousands of Americans advocating for the fair treatment of all people, particularly those who suffer from mental illnesses. 

​Annual memberships are $35 per person.  Open door $3 memberships are available for low income individuals.

• Voting privileges
• NAMI National Membership
• NAMI National and State Mailings/E-mailings
• Reduced cost at National and State events
• Access to “Members Only” sections on National website – www.nami.org

• Supporting us to advocate for the rights of individuals with mental illnesses
• Most importantly, every single membership is counted and adds to NAMI's collective voice and legislative power, to advocate for research, and needed services, on a local, state, and national level.