My Family Genogram

My genogram has three generations and includes the most important or influential people in my family life. The genogram includes my grandparents on both my dad and mom’s side, my parents, their siblings, and spouses, and on the bottom row, my siblings and I. My family has had unique challenges personally and systematically that created a stronger bond as the years went on. Though, today, we are spread out around the country, our familial connections have been strong overall.

While looking at my family kinship diagram that I drew, I realized that I am more involved in my mothers side of the family rather than my fathers. The emotional, mental, social, financial support I receive from each of my family members truly is phenomenal. Although my fathers side lives in Iran, the relationships I have with my relatives are quite strong considering the nearly 8,000 mile distance.

The assessment tools that are appropriate for the population of custodial grandparents are a genogram and an ecomap of the family. The genogram is a good tool to use when assessing the grandparent because it provides a map layout to who the situation is affecting in the family. According to Rempel, et. al (2007), the genogram gives the client a chance to narrate the problem through symbols that are specific to his or her situation. The genogram is a simple tool to use for this population to start pin point where there may be relationship strains or triggers within the different family members (Rempel, et. al, 2007).

After completing this genogram, I feel that it has helped me understand a lot about my family health history. On my father’s side, we have a higher risk for diabetes, and heart disease. Meanwhile my mom’s family is more prone to hypotension. To prevent these health problems, I need to plan a healthy lifestyle such as exercise more regularly. Also, I need to start eating more healthy food like fish, vegetable, and avoid fast food. Furthermore, I should have my health check up regularlly, talk with my physician my concerns about diabetes. I feel a lot of these diseases are preventable if I understand what cause it.

One effective way the therapist could help our family would be using a creative genogram. “The creative genogram, used as a tool in teaching or therapy simultaneously generated diagnostic information created a space for reflective processes, either by reframing problems or direct problem solving” (Huss & Cwikel, 2008, p. 179). The therapist and family could recognize historical patterns that could be affecting how our family perceives our situation. Therefore, using a creative genogram can provide information about our family’s patterns over generations that contain history occurrences, such as relationships among family members (Huss & Cwikel, 2008). The genogram can help our family with self-awareness, overwhelming emotions, and help shape

The therapist engages each member of the family by beginning with the presenting problem. This tool engages the family my gathering information from individual family members helping to lay a foundation that identifies relationships and family patterns. The genogram also

According to Bowen Family Systems Therapy, a healthy family functioning has low anxiety, high levels of differentiation of self, and contact with family members. However, problems occur when there are underlying problems of emotional fusion passed from generation to generation and the amount of stress exceeds family’s ability to manage it. Patterns are meant to solve the problem of anxiety. Most commonly a genogram is used, which allows others to see emotional bonds between people involved and the clients learn to think systemically to explore their own contribution to conflict (Nichols & Davis, 2016). Analyzing my genogram, can give me a better understanding of how the emotional system operates in my family system.

For exhibition this year, everyone chose an inherited trait to trace back in their family. This allowed the eighth graders to expand their knowledge of genetics and simple inheritance. The purpose of the project was to try and find the genotype of our family members. In order to do this, we had to contact the members of our family and ask them their phenotype; if they have the trait or not. Then we found the genotype of as many family members as possible using the pedigree process. The trait that I chose is called Darwin’s tubercle. It is a bump on the cartilage of the ear that some people have. I chose this trait because my father, sister, and I have it, and I was wondering if anyone else in my family had it. There are two possible phenotypes for this trait; either you have it, which is the dominant trait, or you don’t, which is the recessive trait.

I have no intention or desire to discover my deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) profile. I asked my parents many years ago concerning family history, particularly illness and diseases. I remember years past implying interested in knowing my family genetic profile. Now, I understand what causes my allergies, medications that I cannot take due to adverse effects. Badzek, Turner, and Jenkins (2008) notes, “Many diseases are now recognized as having a genetic component, and tests are being developed to identify susceptibility genes.” As a nurse, I remain aware of my responsibility to educate about genomic to inform the public. Although, genomics details entire genetic chromosomes and the benefits of detecting different genetic abnormalities, at

It is critical for self-disclosure precautions, frequency in practice, potential risks, and potential advantages to be reconciled through a research-integrated framework considerate of paramount ethical and clinical considerations. An attempt to do so will be made through first overviewing self-disclosure ethical and clinical principles identified in the scholarly literature. These principles will then be synthesized into a larger discussion in which there will be identification of which theoretical and conceptual positions are most supported by admittedly limited empirical research and will therefore be discussed in their implications/application to various practice scenarios. In so doing, the discussion first addresses the more conservative subject of whether or not to disclose and then progresses into discussing what can or should be disclosed to which clients under what clinical circumstances and contexts (Audet, 2011). Moreover, because the possibility of a disclosing therapist invites an uncharted level of intimacy into a professional relationship historically built upon secrecy and subtlety (Bottrill et al., 2010).

Doing this genogram thought me a lot of new things about my family and they relationship we have. Starting the genogram, i thought that i know everything about my family, but after doing this assignment, i notice that i do not know my family that well. For example, i find a difficult to providing information about my mother parents and as well as my Aunties and and their children. Some of the reason for that is because i did not grow up with my mother. Most of my ta life were spent with my grandfather as well as my dad big sister. I also learn that i need to pay a little more attention to the little things around me, like knowing when and how my dad mother past away and as well as knowing asking question about my dad sister's husband.

I am a little undecided about self disclosure during therapy because most of experiences that I have encountered have been somewhat traumatic and I would be worried that I may become vulnerable and the focus be directed on me. Perhaps my reluctancy on self disclosure is, because I am still working through my experiences and do not feel I have complete control over the emotions that come with these experiences. However, I can recognize that self disclosure can come out unexpected as it did in residency (Roberts, 2012). As Roberts (2012), explains that it is hurtful on the therapeutic relationship if a therapist does not self disclose. Therefore, I believe it is important to have a balance between the two, I just have not figured out what

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