By: Randy Gerson, Monica McGoldrick, Sueli Petry

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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 a genogram, doing a genogram interview, and interpreting the results. Genograms of famous families-Sigmund Freud, Woody Allen and Mia Farrow, the Kennedys, Jane Fonda and Ted Turner, Bill Clinton, Princess Diana, the Roosevelts, and Thomas Jefferson, to name a few-bring the text to life, and help to elucidate the principles of family systems theory and systemic interviewing, which form the basis of genogram work. Once these principles have been explained, the authors go on to present the important clinical applications of genograms in both family therapy and family medicine. These applications include the effective assessment of patients' risk for emotional problems such as anxiety or depression; structural patterns among families such as divorce and remarriage; relationship patterns such as enmeshment, conflicts, and cut-offs; recent and chronic life stressors such as pregnancy, acute illness, poverty, and racism; and family life cycle transitions and developmental crises, among other uses. By providing a fascinating view into the richness of family dynamics, McGoldrick and her coauthors provide an invaluable guide to clinicians for accurately charting a family's structure, making it easier to scan for potential problems and take proactive steps to utilize resources when necessary.

[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.

List of Illustrations	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Preface	p. xxiii
Genograms: Mapping Family Systems	p. 1
Creating Genograms	p. 20
The Genogram Interview	p. 61
Tracking Family Patterns Through Time and Space	p. 81
Interpreting Family Structure	p. 114
Assessing Family Patterns and Functioning	p. 157
Relational Patterns and Triangles	p. 168
Tracking Individuals and Families Through the Life Cycle	p. 189
Clinical Uses of the Genogram	p. 225
Family Play Genograms	p. 257
Using Genograms for Family Research	p. 275
Appendix	p. 293
References	p. 301
Bibliography by Topic	p. 317
Biographical References	p. 353
Index	p. 373
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ISBN: 9780393705096
ISBN-10: 0393705099
Audience: Professional
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 272
Published: February 2008
Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 17.8  x 2.352
Weight (kg): 0.754