Hope and Loss.

Abstract

In this article the authors discuss the development of counselling practices at the Auckland Spinal Rehabilitation Unit in New Zealand. These developments arose from a study that invited former patients of the Spinal Unit to reflect on their experiences of counselling (or lack thereof) when they were newly injured. Centring patients' experiences opened space for illness and disability narratives to be storied. The repertoire of narratives includes hopes and losses that result from their spinal cord injury. This article also pays close attention to the practices of power in a medical setting such as a spinal unit, and the importance of making space for patients' local and cultural knowledges to be heard alongside specialised medical knowledges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of New Zealand Journal of Counselling is the property of New Zealand Association of Counsellors and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)