The Family Genogram Tonya Jernigan Walden University March 31‚ 2013 THE FAMILY GENOGRAM A genogram can be a valuable tool‚ for a counselor who is trying to figure out family issues and how family members relate to one another. It can help the counselor narrow down or pinpoint exactly where certain dysfunctional characteristics began in a family. “The genogram is a tool used to collect and organize important data over at least three generations (Bitter‚ Long‚ & Young‚ 2010). This is
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PSYC 2103 Genogram Project A genogram is a type of family tree‚ but with more detailed information. It is often used as a diagnostic and assessment tool by physicians or counselors to obtain individual and family history in order to help in the establishment of a diagnosis and treatment plan. This semester‚ you will have the opportunity to construct a family genogram for informational purposes. You will develop a genogram‚ documenting information from both sides of your family (maternal
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The objective of doing the genogram is to get to know the patient by gaining understanding of his/her family background. Assessing the family using systemic approach enables health care providers to learn about the ways in which family members interact‚ what are the family expectations and norms‚ how effective is the members communication‚ who makes decisions and how the family deals with life time stressors (Hockenberry & Wilson‚ 2007). This paper outlines the assessment and analysis of the three
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developed the genogram in 1985 in the book Genograms: Assessment and Intervention. A genogram is a pictorial diagram which can show anything from family relationships to medical history. Genograms allow individuals to identify patterns of behaviors and hereditary tendencies. 2. Primary Purpose: The primary purpose of genograms is to engage the family in visually summarizing and illustrating familial relationships and patterns of behavior within a family system in support of family assessment and
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A family genogram and ecomap provide family health nurses a visual of the family’s current situation‚ which helps guide the nurse to assist the family in planning interventions that will optimize their health (Kaakinen‚ Coehlo‚ Steele‚ Tabacco‚ Harmon-Hanson‚ 2015). Another benefit of using these tools is the family can understand the energy they expend to manage a chronic illness (Kaakinen et al.‚ 2015). The purpose of this paper is to analyze a childbearing family’s ecomap and genogram after
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Family Genogram Project Liberty University Family Genogram Project The purpose of a student construing a genogram is to help a student gain an understanding of his/her family background. By gaining knowledge of one family it can help the student assist other understand how to help their clients. However‚ genograms backbone is a graphic depiction of how different family member are biologically‚ legally‚ and emotionally related to one another from one generation to the next (McGoldrick
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Lewis/Williams Genogram ` When begin the Lewis/Williams genogram in this paper I will discuss the pectoral of my families relationships‚ social‚ physiological and medical history. I will discuss a three generational genogram from both grandparent’s parents and my immediate family system today. The Williams family genogram begins with my Grandmother Mea Ruth Williams African American who Married Eddie Williams Indian and white; and they had four children. Lee Williams my father who is deceased‚ my
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people often wonder about their family history and familial patterns and relationships. A genogram can not only connect members of a family together but also dive deeper and analyze heredity patterns and psychological factors. As I analyze my genogram‚ it allows me to see how complex and unique my family is across three generations. As I became familiar with my family history‚ I noticed that there is/was some family history among certain people within my genogram that‚ while not pleasant‚ does
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The genogram is a valuable assessment tool used by social workers‚ therapists‚ counselors‚ and practitioners‚ and it is typically used in psychology as a way to map out relationships within a family and learn how members interact with one another. Diagrammatically‚ the genogram is an intergenerational map of three or more generations of a family and a primary assessment tool that focuses on intergenerational patterns and relationships among family members (Goldenberg & Goldenberg‚ 2014). It illustrates
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Not surprising‚ the completion of this Genogram exercise has been both an enlightening and distressing experience for me. Confronting my mother’s recent death in print is immensely painful particularly because she was so young and vibrant just prior to her passing. It reminds me how tortuous the bereavement process can be when we loose family members who are the cornerstones of our daily history. It is a loss that will undoubtedly influence and impact upon my abilities as a counselor. As I am
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