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The Perth Voices Clinic is a psychological treatment and research clinic for people who hear voices or have other unusual perceptual experiences

The Perth Voices Clinic is a specialist psychological treatment and research clinic for people who hear voices or have other unusual perceptual experiences. It also provides a facility for advanced training of future clinical psychologists and other mental health professionals. WHAT IS VOICE HEARING? Voice Hearing generally means hearing someone talking when the source of the voice is not directly present. These experiences can vary greatly from person to person. Although some people report experiencing pleasant voices, many people's experience of voices is quite distressing as the experience is often unwanted, intrusive, distracting and the voices can be very negative and critical. WHAT we provide

-A detailed assessment of your voice hearing experience, advice and options for therapy at the clinic and elsewhere.
-Individual therapy
-Group therapy
-Neuropsychological assessments
-The option to participate in research into voice hearing (and related) experiences

All the therapies that we offer are evidence-based. This means they have been shown to significantly decrease voice-related distress. Therapy will be provided or supervised by Dr Georgie Paulik-White – a registered clinical psychologist – who has extensive experience delivering and developing psychological therapies for voice hearers. The Perth Voices Clinic works closely with the Hearing Voices Network and can provide information on hearing voices support groups. With your consent, your therapist will provide feedback to your health care providers at the beginning, middle and end of therapy. WHO is eligible For our services:

The Perth Voice Clinic aims to be highly accessible to everyone. No diagnosis is required, and you do not need to be receiving other services or treatments. We just ask that you be linked in with a GP. The clinic is currently only seeing adults (18 years+). The clinic is not set up to provide crisis or medical management. WHERE We are located:

The Clinic runs from Murdoch University Psychology Clinic (Building 440 Social Sciences), Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150. Free parking permits are available for clients attending the clinic (nearest parking is Car Park 4). Alternatively, the Clinic is easily accessible by train and bus. HOW IT WORKS:

Anyone can refer to the Perth Voices Clinic. We encourage you - the voice hearer - to call to make your first appointment. However, we request that you receive a Mental Health Care Plan (MHCP) from your GP with a referral to the Perth Voices Clinic (clinical psychology) prior to your first appointment. If you have already used your 10 annual Medicare psychology sessions (or are not eligible for Medicare), then you should still bring a GP referral letter to your first appointment (but a MHCP will not be required). Medicare covers much of the cost of the sessions and every Australian citizen is eligible for 10 individual psychology sessions and 10 group psychology sessions per calendar year. The service is low cost. The out-of-pocket fees are $30 per session or $15 per session for concession. Enquiries / Referrals
Tel: (08) 9360 2570
E:info@perthvoicesclinic.com.au
GP referrals can be emailed to m.lasevicius@murdoch.edu.au
Web: www.perthvoicesclinic.com.au

21/10/2025

It's with a heavy heart that today we say good bye to the bloody legend Ron Coleman. He was profoundly important in my own professional journey working with voice hearers, and touched the lives of some any people with shared lived experience of voice hearing. He leaves an enormous legacy behind him. You will be missed but not forgotten Ron.

Having spent 13 years in and out of the psychiatric system, Ron’s own route to recovery has given him many insights into the difficult issues facing today’s mental health services. In this time he has written several papers and books helping those with lived experience. click here to find out mo...

08/10/2025

I thought I'd share this interesting video titled "The Disturbing Cats of an Artist with Schizophrenia" on the works of artist Louis Wain

Louis Wain is known as the artist who suffered from schizophrenia and gradually painted his descent into madness. From a very young age, his life was marked ...

09/09/2025

We try to make our clinical research accessible to all, especially people with lived experience and clinicians. Please find attached our most recent lay summary of our preprint paper titled "You’re the Voice (Or not?) Try and Understand it: Exploring a possible relationship between voice hearing experiences and schema modes" led by Asher Bartulovich

17/08/2025

This is a wondeful short (6min) film on how the artist Meg Barrett learned to ‘co-live’ with her distressing voices

In this layered portrait, an artist reflects on the complex reality of living with the distressing voice in her head

27/05/2025

Do you find it difficult to work or study because of your voice hearing? You're not alone! Many of our clients have this experience. Check out this link from the team at Understanding Voices (a UK-based organisation) for some tips, information, and personal stories.

Explore accounts of what it’s like to hear voices while working or studying, and some strategies that people use to help them cope.

18/03/2025

A relevant but not directly voices update: I’m involved in clinical study offering 3-4 free psychology sessions of Imagery Rescripting to assist with people with suicidal ideation with Black Dog Institute. The study is being delivered via telehealth, so clients can participate anywhere in Australia. Participants cannot be in a crisis and need to be linked in with a mental health practitioner (e.g., psychologist or psychiatrist) to participate. To find out more click the link or scan the QR code. https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/.../experiences-of.../

28/02/2025

In our most recent publication (see Consumer Update for summary below), in a study led by Kelly Cusworth, we wanted to apply an integrated and comprehensive model of emotional processing to voice-hearers to inform research and clinical practice. Check it out! This, and our other clinical research summaries, can be found at: https://perthvoicesclinic.com.au/research/

18/02/2025

We got feedback from our clients that 'meaningful change' in their voices as a result of therapy would include a shift in the content of their voices (from more negative to positive). However, there was no measure of voice content available. So our team at Perth Voices Clinic created one! Please find our Summary of our recent publication "Assessment of Voice Content for Voice Hearers:
Psychometric Evaluation of the Perth Voice Content Questionnaire (PVCQ)", or visit out website for a summary of this, and our other clinical research publications: https://perthvoicesclinic.com.au/research/

14/02/2025

At Perth Voices Clinic we strive to conduct clinically relevant and meaningful research, and to make this accessible to clinicians and people with lived experience. Please find attached our latest publication summary "The Trauma-Related Voices Model: An Integration of Auditory Verbal Hallucinations and Posttraumatic Stress". This, and others summaries, can also be found on our website: https://perthvoicesclinic.com.au/research/

06/01/2025

I’m so proud of our latest Open Trial of Imagery Rescripting (a trauma-focused therapy) for trauma-affected voice hearers. The trial showed significant and reliable reductions in voices and PTSD intrusion for our wonderful clients. Please find our Consumer Report / Summary of the paper.

29/10/2024

Here's a wonderful article by the Guardian on the therapy approach for voice hearers called AVATAR Therapy, and a little on the project that we are involved in, run through the Melbourne Voices Clinic. Check it out:

The long read: In avatar therapy, a clinician gives voice to their patients’ inner demons. For some of the participants in a new trial, the results have been astounding

26/07/2024

We are running a mindfulness-based CBT group for voice hearers, starting Friday 11th October, which will run weekly for 10 weeks at 1-2:30pm (afternoon tea included) at Murdoch University. The group bulk bills medicare (you will just need a GP referral/MHCP), and the 10 sessions do not come out of your individual therapy allocation with medicare. If you are keen to join, please let us know asap. You can call me on 0477453264 or email georgiepaulik@perthvoicesclinic.com.au or find out more on the group from our website:

The Perth Voices Clinic is a specialist psychological treatment, teaching and research clinic for people who hear voices or have other unusual perceptual experiences. It also provides a facility for advanced training of future clinical psychologists and other mental health professionals

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Building 440 (Social Sciences), Murdoch University, 90 South Street
Murdoch, WA
6150

Telephone

+61477453264

Website

http://www.perthvoicesclinic.com.au/

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