Family Subsystem Genograms Paper
Buckman Family Subsystem Genogram
Gil, Karen, Kevin, Taylor and Justin Buckman analysis The family chose is Gil, Karen, and their children Kevin, Taylor, and Justin they are a pretty normal down to earth family, with minor issues. The main issue is Gil and his neuroticism; he seems to have obsessive compulsive disorder, because what is happening is that it is affecting their oldest child Kevin the most, the other two are affected but not to the extent that Kevin is being affected. Karen is the more go with the flow parent; she is more laid back and takes one day at a time with her children. She and Gil see their son Kevin is having issues and want to help him but they do not know how to. Gil tries really hard to help Kevin but each try is unsuccessful. They do function pretty well as a family; they look to be a pretty normal family. Karen is the normal homemaker, Gil is the normal father who tries to do everything for his family, and each of the kids is functional at home, you can see how Kevin reacts in certain situations, the other two seem to be pretty well adjusted or oblivious to Kevin’s issues and treat him as siblings should. When you see the rest of the larger family system in the movie they all have their own issues to deal with like you would see in any family. His sisters have their own issues with their individual family units, His sister Helen has two children she is trying to raise on her own because her husband left her and does not want anything to do with their two children, Her oldest Julie gets married to her boyfriend behind her mother’s back and the youngest Garry he has so issues that she tries to help him with but in the end he does not want her help, so she asks her daughters husband Tod if he would talk with her son since he is going through puberty, later you also find out the daughter is pregnant and the mother tries to save her daughters marriage, her son realizes that everything their mother does
Gil, Karen, Kevin, Taylor and Justin Buckman analysis The family chose is Gil, Karen, and their children Kevin, Taylor, and Justin they are a pretty normal down to earth family, with minor issues. The main issue is Gil and his neuroticism; he seems to have obsessive compulsive disorder, because what is happening is that it is affecting their oldest child Kevin the most, the other two are affected but not to the extent that Kevin is being affected. Karen is the more go with the flow parent; she is more laid back and takes one day at a time with her children. She and Gil see their son Kevin is having issues and want to help him but they do not know how to. Gil tries really hard to help Kevin but each try is unsuccessful. They do function pretty well as a family; they look to be a pretty normal family. Karen is the normal homemaker, Gil is the normal father who tries to do everything for his family, and each of the kids is functional at home, you can see how Kevin reacts in certain situations, the other two seem to be pretty well adjusted or oblivious to Kevin’s issues and treat him as siblings should. When you see the rest of the larger family system in the movie they all have their own issues to deal with like you would see in any family. His sisters have their own issues with their individual family units, His sister Helen has two children she is trying to raise on her own because her husband left her and does not want anything to do with their two children, Her oldest Julie gets married to her boyfriend behind her mother’s back and the youngest Garry he has so issues that she tries to help him with but in the end he does not want her help, so she asks her daughters husband Tod if he would talk with her son since he is going through puberty, later you also find out the daughter is pregnant and the mother tries to save her daughters marriage, her son realizes that everything their mother does
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