7 Examples
Specialty Genogram Examples
Genograms for specialized practice areas including military families, addiction recovery, genetic counseling, community networks, pastoral care, and elder care.
Military Family (Deployment/PTSD)
A multi-generational military family genogram illustrating the cumulative effects of combat deployment across three generations: Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Demonstrates PTSD transmission patterns, deployment cycle stress on family relationships, spouse resilience and burnout, reintegration challenges, and the "military brat" experience of frequent relocations. Shows how military service culture shapes family structure, communication patterns, and emotional availability.
Addiction Recovery Family
A family genogram illustrating multiple generations of addiction and recovery, showing the full spectrum from active addiction to long-term sobriety. Demonstrates multigenerational transmission of substance use disorders, codependency patterns, the role of 12-step programs and treatment, family healing in recovery, reconnection after cutoff, and how addiction disrupts and recovery rebuilds family relationships. Includes family members at different stages of change.
Genetic Counseling Genogram
A genetic counseling genogram for a couple seeking pre-conception genetic counseling. The wife\'s family has a history of Down syndrome (trisomy 21) including an affected sibling. The husband\'s family is of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage with Tay-Sachs carrier status in the lineage. Demonstrates how genograms are used in genetic counseling to map carrier statuses, affected individuals, reproductive history, and calculate genetic risk for future pregnancies.
Community Support Network Genogram
A community genogram mapping a Guatemalan immigrant family's connections to community resources including ESL programs, a local church, community health center, public school system, and neighborhood support network. Demonstrates how institutional connections and barriers (language, transportation, documentation status) shape family functioning and resilience.
Pastoral Family Faith Patterns
A 3-generation genogram of a Korean-American pastoral family exploring how faith traditions, church leadership roles, and religious expectations shape family dynamics. Maps denominational shifts, interfaith tensions, faith deconstruction in the youngest generation, and the unique pressures of "PK" (pastor's kid) identity on family relationships.
Elder Care Caregiving Dynamics
A 3-generation Chinese-American family genogram centered on an 82-year-old grandmother with early Alzheimer's disease, mapping the complex caregiving dynamics among three adult siblings. Explores cultural expectations about filial piety, caregiver burnout, sibling resentment, inheritance anxiety, and how dementia reshapes the entire family power structure.
Military Veteran Transition Family
A genogram of a 3-generation military family focused on the transition from active duty to civilian life. Maps a Marine veteran struggling with identity loss, moral injury, and civilian reintegration while his wife manages household autonomy shifts, and their children navigate a father who is physically present but emotionally deployed. Contrasts with grandfather's successful transition and uncle's failed one (homelessness, substance use).
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