SYLLABUS

Type of information Content

Name of the lecturer (s) Marta I. Porebiak

Academic degree PhD

Affiliation Psychological & Psychiatric Centre 'Pro Psyche'

Course title Genogram self experience

Course type (lecture,

seminar, lab)

Workshop/lab 15h

Specialization course

1 ECTS

Category: Clinical Psychology

Brief course description Workshop provides a self experience of own family genogram

analysis within systemic transgenerational framework.

Full course description Workshop is aimed at self experience of genogram family

therapy training. Students prepare own family genograms and

present them during sessions. Group analysis is aimed at

learning about family system, assessing boundaries, family

hierarchy, critical events, resources and threats, etc..

List of topics 1. Guidelines for genogram creation: tips for gathering family

information, drawing own family tree and seeking systemic

interconnectedness of figures and events.

2-8. Students presentations of their own genograms with group

debriefing. During each session two genograms are presented

and analyzed in a setting of genogram therapeutic group.

Prerequisites for students* 4th

or 5th

year of Psychotherapy Specialization;

Genogram Technique seminar - completed or parallel

Learning outcomes After taking this course students will be more aware of their

family legacy and possible challenges in consulting families

with specific difficulties. Students should be also ready to

draw and analyze genograms.

Assessment methods

and criteria**

(1) Genogram presentation during classes (not graded)

(2) Obligatory attendance – max. 1 absence

Learning activities

and teaching methods

Self-experience is a core activity: preparation and group

analysis of students’ own family genograms.

Bibliography McGoldrick, M., Gerson, R., Shellenberger, S. (1999).

Genograms: Assessment and intervetion, 2nd

ed., p.

45-47, 49-53, 55, 61-80, 114-168. New York: W. W.

Norton & Company.

Remarks none