Geno Grams - Personal Competence - Lecture Slides, Slides of Sociology

Download Geno Grams - Personal Competence - Lecture Slides and more Slides Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! 1 GenoGrams Jay Memmott, Ph.D., LSCSW Washburn University Department of Social Work Why Draw Genograms Anyway? u It’s fun and interesting. u It’s an efficient way to obtain a history. u It can be used to promote therapist empathy and understanding u It can help you understand the target family and its members. u It can be used by family members to better direct their own lives. Docsity.com 2 How Do You Draw a Genogram? uUse the client, other family members, documents, and other sources of information to make the diagram as complete and as accurate as possible. Basic Symbols Male Female Inside each figure, show the person’s age. Include the person’s date of birth as well. Docsity.com 5 Basic Symbols (Date of Marriage) Horizontal line connecting people depicts marriage or coupling. Basic Symbols (Date of Marriage) (Date of Separation) A single diagonal line depicts marital separation. Docsity.com 6 Basic Symbols (Date of Marriage) (Date of Separation) (Date of Divorce) Two parallel diagonal lines denotes divorce. Basic Symbols Name Age (Date of Birth) (Date of Death) <Occupation> <Personal Attributes> <Cause of Death> Docsity.com 7 Basic Symbols Example of a Cross-Generational Triangle Basic Symbols Child in utero Docsity.com 10 Include At Least Three Generations uDates of birth, marriage, separation, divorce, death, and cause of death u Sex and birth order of each family member u Ethnic background u Religion uOccupation u Education uGeographic location of family members How Do You Draw a Genogram? uDepict the nature of important relationships (e.g., distant, enmeshed, conflictual). u Identify salient triangles. Docsity.com 11 Look For and Explore Patterns u These patterns may be relational, behavioral, affective, temporal, and so on. Specific Patterns u Family lore and folklore u Traditions u Protection/overprotection u Conflict/avoidance u Family jokes and humor Docsity.com 12 Specific Patterns u Secrets u Family myths u Birth order (and distance in age between sibs) u Significant life events uAnniversaries Specific Patterns u Significant separations u Responsibility/irresponsibility u Family rules and roles uAlcohol and other drug misuse, abuse, dependency u Trouble with the law Docsity.com 15 Details uDetails l Medical/physical conditions l Personality l Behavior l Other personal attributes l Family themes l Roles l Traditions Hierarchy uPower differentials uDegree of influence certain family members have on others uAlliances uCoalitions Docsity.com @ Alignment @ Force @ Boundary Eight Patterns Pattern | Docsity .cdfn 17 Pattern II Pattern III Docsity.com 20 Pattern VIII Projective Genogramming uDeveloped by Florence Kaslow, Ph.D. uOne way to help individual become aware of what Bowen called “intergenerational transmission process” Docsity.com 21 Projective Genogramming uGiven rudimentary tools of genogramming, the individual starts wherever he or she chooses uA key assumption of this approach is that where a person starts and where he or she goes from there is personally and clinically significant Projective Genogramming Basic Steps uWith whom did you begin and why? uWhom did you omit or exclude? uWhom would you like to eliminate? uWhom would you like to add? Docsity.com