Title

Using Genograms Creatively To Promote Healthy Lifestyles

Keywords

Counseling; Creativity; Family patterns; Genograms; Grief; Health; Loss; Relationships

Abstract

Family therapists have used Genograms as an assessment tool for years to examine the interactions and relationships of family members across generations. This article discusses how a therapist can use a genogram creatively to help clients examine the impact of family relationships on healthy and unhealthy lifestyle patterns and how those relationships may be influencing the manner in which clients are currently managing their lives. The integration of a creative genogram can assist clients in recognizing inherited health-disease risks, learned lifestyle patterns, and parental behavior modeling. This technique can assist clients in developing a healthier lifestyle.

Publication Date

3-4-2008

Publication Title

Journal of Creativity in Mental Health

Volume

2

Issue

4

Number of Pages

19-29

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1300/J456v02n04_03

Socpus ID

57749129520 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/57749129520

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