Compassion for Voices: a tale of courage and hope

About the project Compassion for Voices: A tale of courage and hope is 5-minute animated film that aims to engage a general public audience with the compassionate approach to relating with voices, with potential for use as a therapeutic, educational, and de-stigmatising tool. This project was funded by a grant from King’s College London’s Cultural Institute as part of its 2014 Collaborative Innovation Scheme for Early Career Researchers, along with three further grants from Compassionate Mind Foundation, Balanced Minds, and Medical Research Council (see below). At the Cultural Institute showcase in Feb 2015, this project jointly won best project award. The animation was chosen by the BPS DCP to represent the work of Clinical Psychologists, with a special screening at the House of Commons DCP 50th Birthday event. It has been widely viewed on YouTube, and is frequently used in therapy sessions and training workshops. It has been translated into 10 languages (available in the YouTube subtitle sett