Monica McGoldrick, MSW, PhD, Director of the Multicultural Family InstituteTeacher and on the Clinical Faculty of the Psychiatry Department of the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, is the “godmother of genograms.” She has an international reputation as a trainer and author, and lives in Highland Park, New Jersey.
Monica McGoldrick has long been a leader in developing, perfecting,
and utilizing the genogram in understanding and working with
complex and difficult family relationship issues. With the
publication of her long-awaited Genogram Casebook, she is at the
very acme of her expertise and career. Her superbly detailed,
clinically rich casebook is a must-read textbook on how the
genogram can be skillfully and insightfully used to help
individuals, couples, and families explore and resolve some of
their most difficult relationship issues. This book should be an
essential companion, instructor, and wise supervisor for therapists
at all levels of experience.--DeWitt Baldwin, Jr., MD, Professor
Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of
Nevada Medical School
Today, genograms have been fully integrated into most family
systems models and are an essential starting point in couples and
family therapy. McGoldrick's Genogram Casebook, however, is not
just a manual about how to use genograms: It is literally the best
guide for how to do family practice I have ever seen. Grounded in
the ever-evolving Bowen family systems model to which McGoldrick is
a major contributor, this casebook takes the reader on a
therapeutic tour from personal/professional preparation, through
engagement and assessment, to multiple models and examples of
highly effective treatment. This is now the textbook for how to
conduct family therapy.--James Robert Bitter, Professor of
Counseling, East Tennessee State University
With clarity, depth, and heart, this book shows us how the genogram
can be used to engage clients, master resistance, restore broken
connections, and help our clients (and ourselves) resolve issues
and move forward. The Genogram Casebook is so rich in theory and
practical advice that as soon as I finished reading it, I started
again.--Harriet Lerner, PhD, author of The Dance of Anger
The Genogram Casebook is like having a personal conversation with
Monica McGoldrick. She makes Bowen theory come alive as she shows
how to help clients move beyond their immediate situations to
connect with a broader sociohistorical sense of self. The goal? To
be able to create the kind of connections our clients want in life.
This book is so very helpful--full of wisdom and step-by-step
advice for how to build relationships founded on
self-responsibility and openness to learn about another.--Carmen
Knudson-Martin, PhD, Professor and Director, Marriage, Couple, &
Family Therapy Program, Lewis & Clark College
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