Focused Genograms

PREFACE

“Children are the living messages we send to a lifetime we will never see.”—Unknown

Genograms are a popular and universally applied technique for assessment with individuals, couples, or families. Family therapy theory and practice, in particular Bowen systems theory, have popularized genograms. Over the past three decades, genograms have been used to help understand the dynamics of couple and family systems and the forces that help create intrapsychic dynamics. Despite the popularity of genograms, however, the genogram has received little attention in the way of theoretical and clinical development, refinement, and application. This book grounds the genogram in attachment theory, presents a clinically useful, practical, and comprehensive ...