Monica McGoldrick, MSW, PhD, Director of the Multicultural Family InstituteTeacher and on the Clinical Faculty of the Psychiatry Department of the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, is the “godmother of genograms.” She has an international reputation as a trainer and author, and lives in Highland Park, New Jersey. Randy Gerson, Ph.D., was Director of Atlanta College for Systemic Thinking until his death in 1995. Sueli Petry, Ph.D., is an Associate Faculty Member of the Multicultural Family Institute and is in private practice.
Monica McGoldrick is our most important and trusted voice on the
subject of families. Her splendid new book unwraps famous families
as no one has done before, while giving us a hopeful and
transforming perspective on the 'ordinary' families we come from.
This book should be stamped 'Not for professionals only' because it
will teach all readers to reconnect with the past and invent a new
future. Every man and woman in therapy can hope that their
therapist has discovered this book.--Harriet Lerner, PhD, author,
The Dance of Anger, The Dance of Intimacy and The Dance of
Connection
With searching insight and compassion, master clinician McGoldrick
and her coauthors have done it again! By providing a crucial
framework for understanding family experience in the context of
history, and offering helpful questions to ask family members when
constructing genograms, McGoldrick explores the power of stories to
promote change. All in all, a delightfully wise, elegant, helpful,
and practical clinical book.--Maureen Leahey, RN, PhD, Manager,
Calgary Health Region Outpatient Mental Health, Calgary, Alberta
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