Includes bibliographical references and index.

Hope in a time of global despair / Kaethe Weingarten -- The balance of hope and hopelessness / Carmel Flaskas -- The dialectical structure of hope and despair: a fifth province approach / Nollaig Byrne and Imelda McCarthy -- Hope: the far side of despair / Monica McGoldrick and Paulette Moore Hines -- Despair, resistance, hope: response-based therapy with victims of violence / Allan Wade -- The getting and giving of wisdoms: generating hope / Catherine Ingram, Jenny and Amaryll Perlesz -- Finding a way towards being / Suzanne Shuda and Just Anna -- Anticipating hope within written and naming domains of despair / Stephen Madigan -- Hope in the process: conducting systemically-oriented trauma work within the context of the peace process in Northern Ireland / Stephen Coulter, Arlene Healy, and Isobel Reilly -- The interactional process of forgiveness and responsibility: a critical assessment of the family therapy literature / Kerrie James -- Acknowledgement: its significance for reconciliation and wellbeing / Karl Tomm and Trudy Govier -- Moving on: forgiveness, vengeance and reconciliation / Elsa Jones -- Forgiveness and the unforgivable: the resurrection of hope in family therapy / Jim Sheehan.