Genograms: Assessment and Intervention
Widely used by both family therapists and all health care professionals, the genogram is a graphic way of organizing the mass of information gathered during a family assessment and finding patterns in the family system for more targeted treatment.\ Now updated and expanded in its third edition, and featuring revised genograms for easier reading, reflecting the growing and widespread use of genograms for clinical intervention, this best-selling text provides a standard method for constructing...
Search in google:
Widely used by both family therapists and all health care professionals, the genogram is a graphic way of organizing the mass of information gathered during a family assessment and finding patterns in the family system for more targeted treatment. Booknews Replete with genograms (now computer-generatable), three therapists explain interviewing for and formatting this tool to map family patterns and apply it in interpreting the family structures of 32 notables from Freud to President Clinton. The bibliography is sectioned into text references, references by topic, and biographical sources on the featured families. Previously titled (c. 1985). Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
PrefaceAcknowledgments1Genograms: Mapping Family Systems12Developing a Genogram to Track Family Patterns133Interpreting Family Structure from Genograms624Family Relational Patterns and Triangles1015Assessing Family Roles, Functioning, Balance, Resilience, and Resources1156Using Genograms to Track Families through the Life Cycle1257Clinical Uses of the Genogram1498Using Genograms for Family Research176Appendix191Bibliography199Index227
\ The British Journal of Psychiatry“[G]odmother of genograms has triumphed again….[P]ractical applications of community genograms....[and] mapping relationships with work colleagues have broad appeal.”\ \ \ \ \ The Family Psychologist“[A] seminal work….new edition has been expanded to incorporate slightly modified symbols to enhance the usefulness...in clinical and research settings.”\ \ \ Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic“[A]n almost overwhelming array of riches….I recommend it highly.”\ \ \ \ \ Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly“[S]eminal….While aimed at psychologists, family therapists, and social workers, this book is not overly scientific and certainly not too technical for the lay reader….Genealogists may find this book valuable on several levels.”\ \ \ \ \ Milton H. Erickson Foundation Newsletter“[H]ighly recommend this book for all who would like to supplement their practice with this valuable therapeutic tool.”\ \ \ \ \ BooknewsReplete with genograms (now computer-generatable), three therapists explain interviewing for and formatting this tool to map family patterns and apply it in interpreting the family structures of 32 notables from Freud to President Clinton. The bibliography is sectioned into text references, references by topic, and biographical sources on the featured families. Previously titled (c. 1985). Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
