Maastricht Approach
Project Guides

What is a M.A.P. Guide? 

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Guides are people trained in the Maastricht approach. They team up with voice hearers to discuss their experiences, using the Maastricht interview as a tool for exploration and discovery. You can click the links below to learn more about our current guides and how to connect. We're growing all the time!

 

Exploring Together

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Persons participating in the interview are regarded as being the experts, and full partnership in the process of finding solutions to the “difficulties” of their experience.

 

The Maastricht questionnaire is a series of questions that encourage the participant to explore the experience of voice hearing, build trust, openness and understanding in their own experience in a structured way, while in supported environment.

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• Participants acknowledge and validate the experience of voice hearing.

• Participants feel supported to overcome feelings of shame related to talking about their experiences.

• Participants gain a better understanding of why they hear voices or experience problematic thoughts.

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Sections Covered in Questionnaire:

 

• Nature of the experience

• Characteristics of the voices

• The history of you hearing voices

• What triggers the voices

• What the voices say

• How do you explain the origin of the voices

• What impact do the voices have on your way of life

• Relationship with your voices

• Coping strategies

• Questions related to your childhood

• Medical history

• Your social network