In this revelatory book, esteemed family therapist Monica McGoldrick explores why families behave as they do, using genograms (family trees) to illustrate family patterns. Mapped out over a three-generation span, repeated estrangements, alliances, even divorces and suicides, prove more than coincidental. McGoldrick uses the genograms of famous families - including the Kennedys, Hepburns, Beethovens and Brontes - the discuss the influence of birth order and sibling rivalry, family myths and secrets, cultural differences, couple relationships and the pivotal role of loss. Relevant questions to ask appear at the end of each chapter, helping the reader become researcher, uncovering information previously withheld, misunderstood or overlooked.

Author: Monica McGoldrick
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 04/01/1995
Pages: 332
Weight: 1.4lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780393034943


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 03/15/1995 pg. 1290
Publishers Weekly 01/30/1995 pg. 91
Library Journal 02/15/1995 pg. 172

About the Author
McGoldrick, Monica: - Monica McGoldrick, M.A., M.S.W., Ph.D., is co-founder and director of the Multicultural Family Institute in Highland Park, New Jersey, and adjunct faculty at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Her books include Ethnicity and Family Therapy, Third Edition, Genograms: Assessment and Intervention, Second Edition, The Expanded Family Life Cycle, Third Edition and The Genogram Journey.