Genograms: Assessment and Treatment Paperback – May 26, 2020

Great book but I didn’t even need it because the professor didn’t even refer to it.

Very informative. Perfect for anyone interested in family and group therapy. Also great for really understanding an individual and how their family helped them become who they are and continue to be.

Amazing book! I would have spent 10 times that much!!! Buy this book. You will not regret it if you are a counselor or educator.

Love learning about genograms.. very interesting!

Complete and excellent book.

Very interesting and formative

This reference book is regarded as a bible by many healthcare providers, family therapists and psychologists.Thesis: Genograms are graphic organizational systems to describe patterns in a family history. This edition explains how to construct a genogram, conduct interviews, interpret the results, using colorful examples from famous families. The result is a resource that can be used by any clinician to scan for potential problems and describe a family system.Chapter 1, "Genograms; Mapping Family systems" introduction to applications in family medicine, family systems, and a warning.Chapter 2, "Creating Genograms" introduces standard symbols and examples of family patterns, complexity, missing data, contextual factors (e.g., cultural, socioeconomic, religious and community) and limitations.Chapter 3, "The Genogram Interview" introduces the data collection process, resistance, potential problems, cultural bias, more limitations, and the interview essentials.Chapter 4, "Tracking Family Patterns through Time and Space" introduces the complexities of cultural events, mixed marriages, multiple locations, missing data, and types of genograms.Chapter 5, "Interpreting Family Structure" describes different family structures, family constellations, and unusual situations.Chapter 6, "Assessing Family Patterns and Functioning" focuses on the family structures, roles, resilience and family resources.Chapter 7, "Relational Patterns and Triangles" describes common and complex triangles, relationships outside the family and complexity over time.Chapter 8, "Tracking Individuals and Families Through the Life Cycle" looks at life cycles form the genograms of two developmental psychologists, Erik Erikson and Sigmund Freud.Chapter 9, "Clinical Uses of the Genogram" looks at the timing of interviews as an intervention, resistance, clarifying family patterns, interventions in family medicine, and reframing family issues.Chapter 10, "Family Play Genograms" includes examples of how genograms can be used by therapists or clinicians seeking to engage resistant family members into playful behaviors.Chapter 11, "Using Genograms for Family Research" focuses on reliability research, clinical applications, software programs, and ethical and legal implications.Many family business advisors know that genograms have been used descriptively to identify key patterns in family systems that may have been dormant for generations. Be wary with Genograms. Identifying those latent family patterns can be painfully emotional. Genograms are graphic organizers that can illuminate family systems, and they may accelerate conflict. Genograms can also be used inappropriately to label behavior. This book is a great resource for clinicians seeking a way to describe potential family systems.Respectfully, Doug Gray, PhD, [email protected]. Author of OKR Leadership; How to Apply Silicon Valley’s Secret Sauce to Your Career, Team or Organization (2019)

Chapters could be much shorter than they are

Used as reference book for family therapy

The Genogram tool is not something to be ignored. The authors have created genogram maps with focus and perspective on famous individuals and families. One cannot help, but, see all these famous and infamous people and families from a different perspective and understand more profundly what brought about their successes and failures. It has real world application and can be applied to any individual or family who needs to explore further.the authors have handled the subject with empathy and sensitivity.