The student is expected to accurately and neatly create a genogram. Include the

The student is expected to accurately and neatly create a genogram. Include the following information when pertinent (and only if you are comfortable in sharing the information with me):
Significant dates (births, deaths, marriages, divorces, etc.)
Medical history (name the illness, especially if they died)
Psychiatric history (e.g., DSM-5 categories)
Alcohol or drug abuse
Ethnic or cultural background and migration date
Religion or religious change
Education
Occupation, unemployment, disability income (e.g., SSI, or SSDI)
Behavioral problems (eating disorders, delinquency)
Trouble with the law (prison, jail, DUI’s)
Physical or sexual abuse or incest
Dates when family members left home:
Current location of family members
Talents, characterological “gifts,” particular strengths in family members
Write a reflective paper incorporating answers to the following guiding questions:
What intergenerational patterns do you notice?
What aspects of your genogram were the most interesting to you?
What questions came up for you about your family that you do not know, or clearly remember? Are there details about family members of which you are not aware?
When family members were in despair, who in their family did they go to?
Have there been family members who have been “exiled” by the family?
What cultural aspects helped the family continue to thrive/survive?
Where there any trauma stories that have been told through generational transmission? How have these stories shaped who you are today? Or your choice to follow this career?
What patterns of communication do you notice when family members were angry, sad, joyful, proud, etc?
How do these patterns show up for you in your current relationships?
No page limit. Submit hard copy of both genogram and paper at the end of the week.