Making Meaning

Making Meaning describes the recursive process of change and reinvention through knowledge of ourselves and others. Understanding its role in development, loss, empowerment, multiculturalism, group work, and collaboration provides professionals a pathway to focus on promoting individual, group, and institutional change in meaningful way.

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This integrative book brings forty years of research and scholarship in counseling, psychology, and education together in a singular analysis. In Making Meaning, Hayes illustrates how the construction of meaning can have a profound effect on how we come to know ourselves and others. Hayes depicts meaning-making as an ongoing, dialectical, and recursive process of change and reinvention. This process plays a central role in individual development and loss and helps promote multiculturalism, collaboration, and group and team development. This book is recommended for mental health professionals and educators looking to promote democratic learning communities.