FAMILY GENOGRAM

Order Description Option 1: Prepare your own family Genogram by consulting various members of your nuclear and extended family. Gather a careful history of each family member (covering three generations). Use the symbols listed in the Nichols text. A list of symbols and their meanings is posted on Moodle under unit two to indicate various relationships, etc. Please do not forget to include a legend on the Genogram page. • Explore triangles, alliances, coalitions, cut-offs, and enmeshments. Discuss the origin and effects of each. Be sure to consider both micro-and macro-level influences on you and your family system. • Incorporate theory (i.e. psychodynamic, Bowen Family Systems or other individual or family theoretical models) into your assessment and analysis of your Family Genogram. Were you able to see patterns in family relationships that impacted your own beliefs, perspectives and relational patterns? • Finally, note the sort of experiences you had in constructing your Genogram, as well as your experience of contacting family members to obtain information to complete your Genogram. Ask your family member what the experience might have been like for them as well.