ABSTRACT
Genograms are family-tree diagrams that record information about family members and their relationships over at least three generations. They provide a quick gestalt of complex family patterns, stimulate clinical hypotheses linking the clinical problem to the family context, and track the evolution of the presenting problem and family relationships over time. Because a comprehensive discussion of the origins, principles, and clinical applications of genograms is well beyond the scope of this chapter, the reader is referred to McGoldrick and Gerson (1985) for more on genograms. The purpose of the present article is to outline and demonstrate with brief case examples how genograms can be used in a multicultural (MC) context.
