The Cultural Genogram: experiences from within a marriage and family therapy training program.
The purpose of this article is to illustrate and demonstrate the use of the Cultural Genogram (CG) in a graduate-level course in gender and culture for family therapists-in-training at a large Midwestern university's accredited program in family therapy. Although the importance of the CG as a training tool is delineated by Hardy and Laszloffy, very little information exists about the actual implementation and usefulness of this tool within a training program for family therapists. In this article, we present a qualitative research study of the lived experiences of a class of women from diverse cultures as they constructed and presented their CGs. We discuss the basic curriculum and structure of the course in which the CG was used, the process the class members developed to create and present their CGs, the effects of presenting the CGs, and a set of recommendations and ideas for further exploration.
Keiley
Margaret K
MK
Marriage and Family Therapy Program, Department of Child Development and Family Studies, 1269 Fowler House, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA. Keileym@cfs.purdue.edu
Dolbin
Megan
M
Hill
Jennifer
J
Karuppaswamy
Nithyakala
N
Liu
Ting
T
Natrajan
Rajeswari
R
Poulsen
Shruti
S
Robbins
Natashia
N
Robinson
Pamela
P
D000328:Adult; D003376:Counseling / Q000193:education*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003479:Curriculum; D004517:Education, Professional / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008388:Marital Therapy / Q000193:education*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015146:Midwestern United States; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012737:Sex Factors