by Monica Mc Goldrick (Author)
Those who learn from the past are not condemned to repeat it. In this revelatory book, family therapist Monica McGoldrick explains how the use of genograms (family trees) can bring to light a family's history of estrangement, alliance, divorce, or suicide, revealing intergenerational patterns that prove more than coincidental.
McGoldrick's genograms of famous families, such as the Kennedys, Hepburns, Beethovens, and Brontes, complement discussion of the influence of birth order and sibling rivalry, family myths and secrets, cultural differences, couple relationships, and the pivotal role of loss. At the close of each chapter are questions that train the reader to think as researcher; with McGoldrick's guidance, we learn to mine previously untapped information about our own family patterns.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: New edition
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
Published: 03 Sep 1997
ISBN 10: 0393316505
ISBN 13: 9780393316506