The Family Genogram Tonya Jernigan Walden University March 31‚ 2013 THE FAMILY GENOGRAM A genogram can be a valuable tool‚ for a counselor who is trying to figure out family issues and how family members relate to one another. It can help the counselor narrow down or pinpoint exactly where certain dysfunctional characteristics began in a family. “The genogram is a tool used to collect and organize important data over at least three generations (Bitter‚ Long‚ & Young‚ 2010). This is
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Genogram Paper In the midst of memories within a person’s childhood‚ one cannot truly find out everything at a young age. Using a genogram however‚ allows me to figure out more about my family. Surprisingly‚ I found out so much about my roots that I never knew before. I also noticed a few health patterns and relationships I never knew where there. Nevertheless‚ I wanted to include my cousins but that would take more time and a few more paper. Let me take you on my journey in finding out what’s
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knowledge of one family it can help the student assist other understand how to help their clients. However‚ genograms backbone is a graphic depiction of how different family member are biologically‚ legally‚ and emotionally related to one another from one generation to the next (McGoldrick‚ Gerson &Petry‚ 2007‚ p.21). A genogram display “family information graphically in a way that provides a quick gestalt of complex family patterns; as such they are a rich source of hypotheses about
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family genogram and ecomap provide family health nurses a visual of the family’s current situation‚ which helps guide the nurse to assist the family in planning interventions that will optimize their health (Kaakinen‚ Coehlo‚ Steele‚ Tabacco‚ Harmon-Hanson‚ 2015). Another benefit of using these tools is the family can understand the energy they expend to manage a chronic illness (Kaakinen et al.‚ 2015). The purpose of this paper is to analyze a childbearing family’s ecomap and genogram after completing
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Dedication This Self Analysis is dedicated to all the people who guide‚ helped and prayed for me as I accomplish this paper. Acknowledgement Writing and doing this is never a solitary effort‚ and as always‚ there are many people I have to thank for having the energy and the ability to complete this self analysis. There are many ways to honor these people for their efforts‚ of course‚ so I thought I’d throw in a few different ways to say thank you-at
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PSYC 2103 Genogram Project A genogram is a type of family tree‚ but with more detailed information. It is often used as a diagnostic and assessment tool by physicians or counselors to obtain individual and family history in order to help in the establishment of a diagnosis and treatment plan. This semester‚ you will have the opportunity to construct a family genogram for informational purposes. You will develop a genogram‚ documenting information from both sides of your family (maternal
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A genogram is a graphical representation of an individual’s family history and relationship to one another. The family genogram can be used to gather information about a person’s medical history and mental health disorders. The genogram as it relates to substance abuse treatment‚ can be a valuable tool to help the counselor determine if the family has a certain pattern of behavior. Often time addiction can be traced within a family’s history. The genogram can help the counselor and client to
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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
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Marielle Peji Genogram Analysis Creating a three generation genogram of my family’s health history allowed me to realize and understand the patterns of these diseases‚ illnesses‚ and health-related conditions. Listing all the health information for the people in family made me recognize that Urinary Tract Infection and High Blood Pressure were both common on my mother’s side of the family‚ while HBP is also the most common on my dad’s side of the family along with two people who also have UTI
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The objective of doing the genogram is to get to know the patient by gaining understanding of his/her family background. Assessing the family using systemic approach enables health care providers to learn about the ways in which family members interact‚ what are the family expectations and norms‚ how effective is the members communication‚ who makes decisions and how the family deals with life time stressors (Hockenberry & Wilson‚ 2007). This paper outlines the assessment and analysis of the three
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