Background: Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) played an important role in the psychiatric diagnostics, but in the last few decades the diagnostic-free complex phenomenological understanding of the phenomena of voice hearing became the focus of studies.
Materials: Six semi-structured interviews with recovering voice hearers were conducted and analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA).
Discussion: The self-help group gives significant help in identification and dealing with the voices; therefore, it serves as turning point in the life story of voice hearers.
Conclusion: Applying self-help group in clinical context contributes to better outcomes in treatment of voice hearers.
Keywords: Voice hearing; first-person account; interpretative phenomenological analysis; interview; qualitative; self-help group.