Relating to the speaker behind the voice: What is changing?

Deamer, Felicity; Hayward, Mark

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00011

Relating to the speaker behind the voice: What is changing?

Deamer, Felicity; Hayward, Mark

Authors

Dr Felicity Deamer Felicity.Deamer@uwe.ac.uk

Mark Hayward

Abstract

We introduce therapeutic techniques that encourage voice hearers to view their voices as coming from intentional agents whose behavior may be dependent on how the voice hearer relates to and interacts with them. We suggest that this approach is effective because the communicative aspect of voice hearing might fruitfully be seen as explanatorily primitive, meaning that the agentive aspect, the auditory properties, and the intended meaning (interpretation) are all necessary parts of the experience, which contribute to the impact the experience has on the voice hearer. We examine the experiences of a patient who received Relating Therapy, and explore the kinds of changes that can result from this therapeutic approach.

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jan 8, 2018
Online Publication Date	Jan 25, 2018
Publication Date	Jan 25, 2018
Deposit Date	Sep 21, 2021
Publicly Available Date	Sep 22, 2021
Journal	Frontiers in Psychology
Electronic ISSN	1664-1078
Publisher	Frontiers Media
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	9
Article Number	11
DOI	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00011
Keywords	General Psychology
Public URL	https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7816088