Embracing Hope for Healing
‘…Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all…’ Emily Dickinson Hope is a complex concept that has interested people from many disciplines. Research suggests that having hope can impact the outcome of an event and this is supported by research on hope in the process of counselling/therapy. What is hope? The American Psychological Society, Dictionary of Psychology defines hope as ‘The expectation that one will have positive experiences or that a potentially threatening or negative situation will not materialise or will ultimately result in a favourable state of affairs’. How do we experience hope? Have you ever felt a strong sense of hope for a future goal or desire while also experiencing some degree of loss of hope or despair? If so, this may be because of the way we experience hope. We view it from different perspectives at the ...