Full Description
Through this third volume of the series Perspectives in Wellbeing, we offer students, academics, researchers and other stakeholders, an opportunity to listen to people, whose lived experiences ought to be closely considered in policy and practice. The book invites readers to explore and identify issues affecting different populations' social wellbeing, enticing the reader to go beyond their comfort zones in space, cultures, ideas, and ideology. If you wish to deepen your understanding of the complex factors affecting the wellbeing of diverse groups and communities, or aim to undertake research in these areas, this book is a valuable resource for you.
Contributors are: Roberta Attard, Andrew Azzopardi, Pat Bonello, Daniel Brincat, Anne-Marie Callus, Tea Cekic,Marilyn Clark, Joanne Cremona, David De Bono, Angele Deguara, Ruth Falzon, Marvin Formosa, Vickie Gauci, Natalie Kenely, Greta Darmanin Kissaun, Sue Vella, Mary Grace Vella and Mark Vicars.
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Marilyn Clark and Sue Vella
PART 1: Narratives on Inclusion
1 Our Own Bermuda Triangle
Andrew Azzopardi
2 Living with a Disability: Social Relational Narratives
Anne-Marie Callus and Vickie Gauci
3 Clients with Sexual Dysfunctions: Listening to Maltese Counsellors
Daniel Brincat and Ruth Falzon
4 In Other Worlds: We're Here, There, and Everywhere - Social Wellbeing and Transdisciplinarity
Mark Vicars
5 The Semicolon: Reflecting on Research Issues Surrounding Children's Trauma-Laden Narratives
Roberta Attard
PART 2: LGBTIQ + Narratives
6 Stories of Faith, Same-Sex Desire, and the Construction of a Self-Affirming Narrative
Angele Deguara
7 "Maybe One Day There Will Be Someone Who Loves Me the Way I Am!": Narratives of Older Trans Women
Tea Cekic and Marvin Formosa
PART 3: Women's Narratives
8 An IPA Analysis of Transitions in Self-Identity in the Narratives of Addiction Career Trajectories of Women in Malta
Greta Darmanin Kissaun, David de Bono and Marilyn Clark
9 My Body - My Choice: Narratives of Social Control and Resistance
Mary Grace Vella
10 Before There Was a Mother, There Was a Woman
Natalie Kenely and Joanne Cremona
11 Moving from Practitioner to Academic: A Case of Mistaken Identity?
Patricia Bonello
Index