Voices of Illness: Negotiating Meaning and Identity

Peter Bray (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader for Counsellor Education at the University of Auckland. Peter has recently edited a number of other interdisciplinary collections and articles, which reflect his developing interest in counselling practice and spirituality, and heroic identity and the transformational aspects of grief, loss and trauma.

• List of FiguresNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Voices of IllnessPeter BrayPart 1: The Story, Identity and the Voice1 Narrative Medicine and Storytelling: An Alternative Method for Healing Victorria Simpson-GervinPart 2: Group Voices and Group Identity2 AIDS Awakens Ancient Stories Deborah Freedman3 Life Story Sharing: A Therapeutic Intervention in Palliative CareMiranda Quinney, Alison Ward and Jane Youell4 The Collective Production of a Shared Narrative Surrounding Sexual Violence Trauma Elena SharrattPart 3: Irreconcilable Voices: Liminal, Empowered, and Authentic5 Stories of Journeys Home: Reuniting Ancestors, Images, and the Underworld Alexandra Fidyk6 Making and Sharing Meaning out of Terminal Illness Pam Morrison and Annie McGregor7 Toni Cade Bambara’s The Salt Eaters: Hearing the Silent Voice of Pain Yomna Saber8 Voices of Depression: An Analysis of a Collective Narrative Hans T. SternuddPart 4: Ethical Stories: Voices in Research9 A Shared Story of Professional Practice: Therapists Make Meaning of Spirituality Peter Bray10 Dementia Fiction: Giving Voice to an Experience beyond Language Naomi Krüger11 Developing a Relational Narrative about Diabetes: Towards a Polyphonic StoryMirjam Stuij, Agnes Elling, Anja Tramper and Tineke AbmaPart 5: Challenges to the Institutional Illness Discourse12 Self-Reflexivity in Oral History Research: The Role of Positionality and Emotions Verusca Calabria13 The Voiceless and the Vocal: Infection Literature and The Sign of the Four Justyna JajszczokName IndexSubject Index