Hope and Despair in Narrative and Family Therapy 1st Edition by Carmel Flaskas, Imelda McCarthy, Jim Sheehan 1583917691 9781583917695

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Author: Carmel Flaskas, Imelda McCarthy, Jim Sheehan

How do experiences of hope and despair impact upon our capacity to meet life’s challenges in narrative and family therapy? Clients’ experiences of hope and despair can be complex, reflecting individual and family histories, current patterns and dynamics, the stresses of everyday life, and the social contexts of families’ lives. This book analyses how therapists meet and engage with these dichotomous aspects of human experience. The editors place the themes of hope and despair at the centre of a series of reflections on practice and theory. Contributors from all over the world are brought together, incorporating a range of perspectives from narrative, systemic and social constructionist frameworks. The book is divided into three sections, covering: reflections on hope and despair facing adversity: practices of hope reflections on reconciliation and forgiveness. Hope and Despair in Narrative and Family Therapy looks at the importance of hope in bringing about positive therapeutic change. This book will be of great use to family therapists, psychotherapists, counsellors, and students on therapeutic training courses.

Hope and Despair in Narrative and Family Therapy 1st Table of contents:

Part 1: Reflections on Hope and Despair

Chapter 1: Hope in a Time of Global Despair
Hope Tasks
The Practice of Hope
Hope as a Practice of Solving for Pattern
Questioning Hope in Therapy
The Neurobiology of Hope
Conclusion
References

Chapter 2: The Balance of Hope and Hopelessness
Introduction
The Coexistence of Hope and Hopelessness
The Expression of Hope and Hopelessness: Feeling, Thinking, Doing
The Social and Relational Context of Hope and Hopelessness
The Therapeutic Relationship and the Therapist’s Use of Self
Conclusions
Notes
References

Chapter 3: The Dialectical Structure of Hope and Despair – A Fifth Province Approach
Introduction
Hope and Despair: From the Classical-Christian to the Secular Imaginations
The Fifth Province
Clinical Vignette: An Archetype of Despair
‘If He Wasn’t There’: Despair as the Unwanted Child
The Fantasy of Revenge
Loss, Despair, and the Emergence of Hope
An Acknowledgement Story
Truth as Grounds for Hope: Motherhood Re-Imagined
‘Whatever It Would Take’: Hope as Perseverance
Self-Deception and Despair
A Place of Shared Understanding and Responsibility: A Fifth Province Is Co-Created
Conclusion
Notes
References

Part 2: Facing Adversity – Practices of Hope

Chapter 4: Hope – The Far Side of Despair
The Importance of Hope
Instilling Hope in Therapy
Helping to Engender Hope
Hope Begins on the Far Side of Despair
Connecting with the Past in Order to Connect in the Present and Have Possibilities for the Future
Dilemmas for White Therapists in Dealing with Clients of Color
Beliefs, Spirituality, Religion, and Hope
References

Chapter 5: Despair, Resistance, Hope – Response-Based Therapy with Victims of Violence
Introduction
Resistances as Acts of Hope in the Face of Desperate Times
Language and Ideology
The Language of Effects in the Dimming of Hope-Filled Accounts
Case Examples: Engendering Hope Through Response-Based Interviewing

James

Nan
Conclusion
Acknowledgement
References

Chapter 6: The Getting and Giving of Wisdoms – Generating Hope
Introducing the Wisdoms Project
Why a Writing and Story-Telling Project?
Painting Ourselves into the Picture
Jenny’s Story
Compassionate Witnessing
From Monologue to Dialogue
Writing Invites Disclosures
More Compassionate Witnessing
A Story in Writing
A Journey from Shame to Pride
Self-Compassion
Retrieving Autobiographical Memory
Virtuous Cycles of Compassion
The Giving
The Virtuous Cycle Continues
Concluding Thoughts
Acknowledgements
Notes
References

Chapter 7: Finding a Way Towards Being
Introduction
The First Meeting
Suzanne’s Story
Anna’s Story

Anna’s Family (Suzanne)

Anna: My Diary

The Theme of Death (Suzanne)

Reflection on Hospital

Anna’s Story

Our First Reflecting Team Meeting (Suzanne)

A Team Member Writes a Letter to Anna

The Hospital File (Suzanne)

Anna’s Response

Anna’s Son (Suzanne)

Anna’s Story of Motherhood

Joint Conversations on Anna’s Motherhood (Suzanne)

After the Second Reflecting Team Meeting: Anna’s Story
Conclusion (Suzanne)
Anna’s Closing
References

Chapter 8: Anticipating Hope Within Written and Naming Domains of Despair
The Anticipation of Hope
Naming and Writing Practices
Naming – The Cancelling Out of Hope
Discursive Identity
A Few Narrative Therapy Understandings
Counter-Viewing and Narrative Interviewing

The Issue of Respect

The Issue of Critique
Therapeutic Letter-Writing Campaign
Peter’s Story
References

Chapter 9: Hope in the Process – Conducting Systemically Oriented Trauma Work Within the Context of the Peace Process in Northern Ireland
Introduction
The Conflict and the Peace Process
Our Therapeutic Context – The Family Trauma Centre
Shifting Sands – The Peace Process as an Ever-Changing Context
Hope and Despair in the Clinical Work

No Reprieve

Betrayed

The Dirty War
Retaining Hope in the Process
Personal, Professional, and Political Perspectives on Hope and Despair
Conclusion
Notes
References

Part 3: Reflections on Reconciliation and Forgiveness

Chapter 10: The Interactional Process of Forgiveness and Responsibility – A Critical Assessment of the Family Therapy Literature
Structured Forgiveness Interventions for Groups or Individuals
Couples Therapy Interventions
Family Therapy Approaches
Problems with the Emphasis on Forgiveness

Promoting Forgiveness Without Regard to the Severity of the Injury

Promoting Forgiveness Without Regard to the Likelihood of the Offense Recurring

Promoting Forgiveness Without Regard to Safety

Equalizing Injuries Regardless of Severity or Power Differentials Between Victim and Offender

Pressure to Forgive
Conclusion
References

Chapter 11: Acknowledgement – Its Significance for Reconciliation and Well-Being
What is Acknowledgement?
Three Types of Acknowledgement

Intrapersonal Acknowledgement

Lack of Acknowledgement

Challenges in Granting Acknowledgement
Concluding Comment
References

Chapter 12: Moving On – Forgiveness, Vengeance, and Reconciliation
Introduction
Forgiveness
Vengeance
Fantasy
Ritual
Justice
Reconciliation

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission

The Clywch Inquiry
Reconciliation?
Conclusion
Notes
References

Chapter 13: Forgiveness and the Unforgivable – The Resurrection of Hope in Family Therapy
Introduction
Forgiveness in Systemic Family Therapy
(Im)Possible Forgiveness
Difficult Forgiveness
Forgiveness and the Otherness of the Other
Retributive Justice on the Path of Forgiveness
Conclusion

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