Introduction I. A Story of Qualitative Research in Psychology1. From Innovative Practices to the Call for Methodology 2. The Establishment of Methodological Traditions 3. Contemporary Movement, Methodological Pluralism, and ChallengesII. Five Approaches to Qualitative Data Analysis4. The Teresa Texts: Thick Description of Living through Misfortune 5. A Phenomenological Psychological Approach to Trauma and Resilience, Frederick J. Wertz 6. A Constructivist Grounded Theory Analysis of Losing and Regaining a Valued Self, Kathy Charmaz 7. A Discursive Analysis of Teresa's Protocol: Enhancing Oneself, Diminishing Others, Linda M. McMullen 8. Narrative Research: Constructing, Deconstructing, and Reconstructing Story, Ruthellen Josselson 9. Intuitive Inquiry: Exploring the Mirroring Discourse of Disease, Rosemarie AndersonIII. Pluralism, Participation, and Unity in Qualitative Research10. Comparisons through Five Lenses 11. The Participant's Response 12. Ethics, Participant Involvement, and Analytic Methodology Appendix: Gail's Texts