People tend to believe that their problem or issue is something isolated from the rest of their lifer rather than an interconnected and interwoven web of relationships that affect everything in their life. Therefore, the theory of Family Systems assists caregivers in helping clients see themselves, “not as an autonomous psychological entity, but rather see each individual strongly influenced by the familiar relationships and systems in which they have to live.” Furthermore, as Bob Bertolino and Bill O’Hanlon point out, “Problems do not exist in a vacuum. They exist only in a context—a linguistic, social, cultural context. This means, there are patterns of behavior that have been developed within a client’s life that they do not even see or
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Before my genogram, I had some blind spots because I did not see how other relationships were affecting my life. For example, I had to admit my mother’s manipulation in my life, which does affect my relationship with my wife who sees it so clearly. Also, my distance from my sister was ever so clear when I drew the dashed line. Another way to reveal blind spots would have been through Egan’s Helping Tool, which listens to the client’s story and challenges the blind spots by “asking if they have considered it.” Now that these blind spots are revealed, there is much prayer and consideration needed to depattern my behavior in response to my mother and …show more content…
In response to genograms, some contributors in the Counseling Psychology Quarterly wrote, “By obtaining an 'image ' of the current family context, the counselor can assess the family 's strengths and weaknesses.” I believe this is a very important aspect of genograms. For example, I noticed some cycles being broken by my siblings and myself. None of us are alcoholics or been through a divorce. I believe it is the result of God’s grace but also an intentionality to not repeat the habits of the past. I believe that any counselor using a genogram needs to point out family strengths so that the patient is filled with
Before my genogram, I had some blind spots because I did not see how other relationships were affecting my life. For example, I had to admit my mother’s manipulation in my life, which does affect my relationship with my wife who sees it so clearly. Also, my distance from my sister was ever so clear when I drew the dashed line. Another way to reveal blind spots would have been through Egan’s Helping Tool, which listens to the client’s story and challenges the blind spots by “asking if they have considered it.” Now that these blind spots are revealed, there is much prayer and consideration needed to depattern my behavior in response to my mother and …show more content…
In response to genograms, some contributors in the Counseling Psychology Quarterly wrote, “By obtaining an 'image ' of the current family context, the counselor can assess the family 's strengths and weaknesses.” I believe this is a very important aspect of genograms. For example, I noticed some cycles being broken by my siblings and myself. None of us are alcoholics or been through a divorce. I believe it is the result of God’s grace but also an intentionality to not repeat the habits of the past. I believe that any counselor using a genogram needs to point out family strengths so that the patient is filled with