Discuss what you imagine the response of family members who are “outside” of this relationship will be to your attempted change.

Contemporary Family Therapy

Family of Origin Project Paper, double-spaced and numbered.

double-spaced and numbered.

1. Read Chapter 1 and 8 in (Goldenberg , H., Stanton, M. and Goldenberg, I. (2017). Family Therapy: An Overview, Ninth Edition. Belmont, Ca.: Thomson Higher Education,
2. Chapters 5,6,10 and 11 in McGoldrick, M. (2016). The Genogram Casebook. New York, New York: Norton Publishers. to inform your conceptual base.)

3.​For the paper:

• Provide a genogram of your family of origin – please use Genopro or genogram Analytics – no hand drawn genograms.
• Provide a timeline
• Describe the relationship or relationships in which you want to make a change. Provide a circular description – one that includes you. Explain why attempting this change is important to you.
• Describe what you see as your part in this interactional pattern (self-focus).
• Describe the change you would like to attempt.
• Discuss what you imagine the response of family members who are “outside” of this relationship will be to your attempted change.
• If you are successful in this change effort, what else might change in your family?