ABSTRACT
The genogram is a mapping and organizing tool used widely by family therapists to explore numerous patterns in their clients' families of origin. As McGoldrick and Gerson (1985) note, “Genograms are appealing to clinicians because they are tangible and graphic representations of a family” (p. 1). While continuing to make extensive use of conventional genograms in my clinical practice, I have developed another, related tool that supplements this “objective” graphical representation of family informa-tion—the Subjective Genogram (SG).
