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Research & Science

What Does Effectiveness Research Say About the Genogram?

Few tools in family work are as widespread — and as little studied on their own. An honest look at a research gap, and what it means in practice.

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Inherited Trauma? What the Research on Transgenerational Transmission Shows — and What It Doesn't

"The grandmother's trauma is in the genes." It's a good line, and it isn't backed by evidence — at least not as stated. A look at what the research shows, and what that means for genogram work.

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Methodological Critique of the Genogram — Reliability, Validity, and What Follows From It

Two professionals, the same family, two different genograms. What reliability and validity research says about it — and why that's not an argument against the genogram.

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Attachment Theory and the Genogram — Two Approaches to the Same Patterns

Both ask what gets passed down across generations. Both work with family history. Why they still don't do the same thing — and what that means for practice.

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The Genogram in Health Services Research — From the Family Doctor's Office to the Organizational Map

One of the oldest studies on the genogram doesn't come from therapy, but from a family doctor's practice. And one of the most original applications doesn't map a family at all.

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