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Specialty Genogram Examples

Genograms for specialized practice areas including military families, addiction recovery, genetic counseling, community networks, pastoral care, and elder care.
Updated October 2026

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Specialty genograms adapt standard notation to a particular practice setting. These 14 examples cover military deployment and veteran transition, addiction recovery, genetic counseling, community support networks, pastoral care, elder care, kinship care for child welfare, family business succession and a school counselor's student genogram.

All 14 specialty examples

Military Family (Deployment/PTSD) genogram example

Military Family (Deployment/PTSD)

A multi-generational military family genogram illustrating the cumulative effects of combat deployment across three generations: Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

Addiction Recovery Family genogram example

Addiction Recovery Family

A family genogram illustrating multiple generations of addiction and recovery, showing the full spectrum from active addiction to long-term sobriety.

Genetic Counseling Genogram example

Genetic Counseling Genogram

A genetic counseling genogram for a couple seeking pre-conception genetic counseling.

Community Support Network Genogram example

Community Support Network Genogram

Community genogram of a Guatemalan immigrant family's ties to ESL programs, a church, a health center and schools, plus the barriers they face.

Pastoral Family Faith Patterns genogram example

Pastoral Family Faith Patterns

Three-generation genogram of a Korean-American pastoral family: church leadership roles, interfaith tension and faith deconstruction.

Elder Care Caregiving Dynamics genogram example

Elder Care Caregiving Dynamics

Three-generation Chinese-American genogram of caregiving for an 82-year-old grandmother with early Alzheimer's: burnout and sibling resentment.

Military Veteran Transition Family genogram example

Military Veteran Transition Family

A genogram of a 3-generation military family focused on the transition from active duty to civilian life.

Kinship Care Genogram for a Child Welfare Assessment example

Kinship Care Genogram for a Child Welfare Assessment

Social work genogram of three children in kinship care: foster placement, prison and rehab boxes, ended relationships, abuse and neglect lines.

Family Business Succession Across Three Generations genogram example

Family Business Succession Across Three Generations

Family business genogram of a three-generation winery: founder, succession conflicts, sibling cutoff, cousin rivalry and roles with years.

School Counselor Genogram: Student in Two Households example

School Counselor Genogram: Student in Two Households

Genogram for school counselors: a student in two households after divorce, step and half siblings, ADHD and dyslexia, and a recent grandparent death.

Child Protection Genogram: UK Children’s Social Care example

Child Protection Genogram: UK Children’s Social Care

UK children’s social care genogram: two children on child protection plans for neglect, a violent partner and half-siblings in other households.

Family Network Meeting Genogram: Offers of Support example

Family Network Meeting Genogram: Offers of Support

Genogram for a family network meeting or family group conference: both sides of the family, each relative’s offer of support, close and distant lines.

Special Guardianship Genogram: Aunt as Kinship Carer example

Special Guardianship Genogram: Aunt as Kinship Carer

Special guardianship genogram: a paternal aunt cares for her niece and nephew, a father in prison, lived-with years and contact arrangements.

Genogram with Eco-Map Example: Family and Outside Systems example

Genogram with Eco-Map Example: Family and Outside Systems

A genogram with eco-map links: household boundary, schools, employer, church, health clinic and family support worker, with support and stress notes.

Specialized Genogram Applications

Beyond traditional family therapy, genograms serve specialized practice areas. Military family genograms track deployment cycles, PTSD transmission, and transition stress. Addiction recovery genograms map relapse patterns and enabling dynamics. Genetic counseling genograms focus on hereditary disease probability. Each example demonstrates domain-specific notation and assessment priorities.

Specialty genograms require adaptations that standard templates do not cover. A pastoral care genogram may include spiritual milestones and faith community ties, while a geriatric social work genogram emphasizes caregiver burden and end-of-life planning across generations. These examples give practitioners ready-made frameworks they can customize for their unique clinical contexts.

Who uses these examples

Best for

  • Military family therapists
  • Addiction counselors
  • Genetic counselors
  • Pastoral caregivers
  • Geriatric social workers

Typical users

  • VA and military-affiliated therapists mapping deployment impact on families
  • Substance abuse counselors identifying intergenerational addiction patterns
  • Genetic counselors visualizing hereditary risk across family lines
  • Chaplains and pastoral counselors integrating spiritual history into family maps

Browse all 184 examples in the genogram examples gallery. Examples based on public figures use publicly available information; they are educational illustrations, not clinical documents.