7 Examples
Academic & Teaching Genogram Examples
Templates and theory-based examples for counseling, social work, and psychology coursework. Includes Bowen family systems, Minuchin structural therapy, and basic symbol guides.
Teaching Genograms in Academic Settings
These examples are designed for classroom instruction. The Bowen family systems example teaches differentiation and triangulation. The Minuchin structural therapy example demonstrates boundaries and subsystems. The 3-generation template provides a blank canvas for students to practice. Symbol guides and relationship line references serve as visual aids during lectures.
Whether you are teaching an introductory family therapy course or leading an advanced practicum, these academic genogram templates give students a structured way to connect theory with visual assessment. Each example is annotated with key concepts so instructors can assign them as homework, use them in live demonstrations, or adapt them for exam preparation.
Best For
- ●Family therapy courses
- ●Social work education
- ●Counseling practica
- ●Nursing family assessment modules
Who Uses These Examples
- ●Graduate-level instructors teaching Bowen or structural family therapy models
- ●Social work field supervisors preparing students for family assessments
- ●Counseling students learning genogram notation for the first time
- ●Nursing faculty integrating family systems thinking into health assessments
Bowen Family Systems Theory Example
A teaching genogram designed to illustrate Murray Bowen\'s eight interlocking concepts of family systems theory: differentiation of self, triangles, nuclear family emotional system, family projection process, multigenerational transmission process, sibling position, emotional cutoff, and societal emotional process. Each family member and relationship demonstrates specific Bowen concepts for clinical training purposes.
Structural Family Therapy Example (Minuchin)
A teaching genogram illustrating Salvador Minuchin\'s structural family therapy concepts: enmeshed and disengaged subsystems, cross-generational coalitions, parentified child, boundary violations, and dysfunctional family hierarchy. Depicts a family presenting for therapy with a symptomatic adolescent, revealing how structural dysfunction maintains the symptom. Shows the before-therapy pattern that a structural therapist would seek to restructure.
Basic 3-Generation Template
A clean, simple three-generation genogram template designed for teaching basic genogram construction. Features grandparents, parents, and three children with standard symbols, straightforward relationship lines, and minimal clinical content. Ideal as a student or beginner reference for learning genogram notation conventions, layout principles, and fundamental family mapping skills.
Nuclear Family Symbols Guide
A comprehensive teaching genogram demonstrating all standard genogram person symbols and connection types. Includes living male (square), living female (circle), deceased (X), pregnancy (triangle), miscarriage (small filled symbol), stillbirth (X through small symbol), marriage, divorce, separation, cohabitation, engagement, and all child connection types: biological, adopted, foster, and step. Designed as a visual reference guide for students learning genogram notation.
Relationship Lines Reference
A comprehensive teaching genogram focused on demonstrating all emotional relationship line types used in genogram notation. Each emotional connection between family members is annotated with an explanation of the line style, its clinical meaning, and when it would be used in practice. Includes close, fused, conflict, hostile, distant, estranged, cutoff-repaired, abuse, focused-on, and additional line types. Pure visual reference for students and clinicians.
Medical Genogram Tutorial
A teaching genogram demonstrating how to document and visualize medical conditions across a family using modern medical categories with color-coding. Covers all major medical categories: heart disease, cancer, diabetes, mental health, substance use, neurological conditions, respiratory illness, autoimmune disorders, genetic conditions, reproductive issues, anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, and PTSD. Shows how hereditary conditions cluster in families across generations for genetic risk assessment.
Clinical Supervision Countertransference
A therapy trainee's personal genogram created during clinical supervision to explore countertransference patterns. Maps a 3-generation family where emotional suppression, parentification, and conflict avoidance in the trainee's family of origin create blind spots when working with clients who present similar dynamics.
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