When Things Begin to Go Bad Narrative Explorations of Difficult Issues

by Howard, George; Delgado-Romero, Edward A.; Howard, George S.; Delgado-Romero, Edward; Heesacker, Amy; Fukuyama, Mary; Parker, Woodrow M.; Morrow, Susan; Aros, Jesse; Roysircar, Gargi; Rivas, Luis; Murphy, Michael; Keene, Cindy Anderson

• ISBN13: 9780761828655
• ISBN10: 0761828656
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-30
• Publisher: Hamilton Books

Summary

How does a person make sense of their life when things begin to go bad? Editors George Howard and Edward Delgado-Romero posed this question to several psychologists, counselors, and therapists, to have them talk about a time in their lives when things began to go bad. When Things Begin to Go Bad presents thirteen personal narratives focused on hope--rather than despair and darkness--and deals with issues including health problems, racism, homophobia, disability, dysfunction, and death. The hope generated by these stories provides a realistic and mature trust that there is something to be learned when dealing with difficult issues. These inspiring stories provide fresh insight into how people can make sense of difficulties through the writing of personal narratives. The stories included in this volume have an application for psychological treatment and research, and represent a chance for people to relate their stories to those of others.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction: When Things Begin to Go Bad	xi
Edward Delgado-Romero
George S. Howard
Diminished Capacities	1	(6)
George Howard
Life at the Crossroads for One Professional Woman	7	(12)
Amy Heesacker
El Otro Lado	19	(14)
Mary Fukuyama
What If Things are Getting Worse?	33	(4)
George Howard
Different Directions	37	(6)
Edward Delgado-Romero
On Being Tricked Into Attending College	43	(10)
Woodrow M. Parker
Lambs, Coyotes, and Counseling Psychologists: Dialogues on Multiculturalism in the Badlands of Privilege and Oppression	53	(28)
Susan Morrow
Jesse Aros
Asian Indian Diaspora	81	(4)
Gargi Roysircar
Visible and Invisible Minority: Double-whammy or Double Blessing?	85	(8)
Luis Rivas
My Barn Having Burned to the Ground, I Can Now See the Moon	93	(6)
Michael Murphy
Out of Our Control Anonymous	99	(4)
Changing the Default Mode in the Hard Drive of Life	103	(14)
Cindy Anderson Keene
The Libra Soul	117	(12)
Edward Delgado-Romero
Amy Heesacker
Hope: A Qualitative Analysis	129	(8)
George Howard
Edward Delgado-Romero
Index	137	(2)
Author Biographies	139