A GENOGRAM WITH AN ATTITUDE
- 1 April 1998
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
- Vol. 24 (2), 233-242
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0606.1998.tb01079.x
Abstract
The approach described in this paper is predicated on the fundamental belief that in order to become competent and ethical practitioners, students must understand themselves and how they see others. They must be given tools and skills that facilitate examinations of their own assumptions and beliefs about themselves, other, and how the world works. It is also essential that students examine how these assumptions and beliefs will influence the way they choose to conduct therapy. Once they are aware of their biases, they must learn to choose to consciously influence themselves in a way that permits their clients the largest room for change within the clients' own contexts of belief, understanding, experience, and possibility. In this paper I describe the use of the genogram as a tool to facilitate the process of gaining self knowledge. This tool has been used in a multicultural counseling course, as well as in professional development workshops for psychologists, mental health counselors, and marriage and family therapists.Keywords
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