Standard Symbols for Genograms

Male Female Birth DateAge Death Family Secret ‘41- ‘82- 1943-2002

23 59

Heterosexual written on written an X through Symbol left above inside Age at death in box of symbol symbol Death date on right above symbol

Gay/Lesbian Bisexual Location & Significant Person who Annual Income Institutional has lived in Immigration Connection 2 + cultures Boston Transgender People $100,000 ‘72- ‘41- ‘41- Pet Man to Woman woman to man written above birth & death date

m 1970 Therapist Therapist

Couple Secret Committed Marriage Relationship Affair Relationship

m 1970 Rel 95, LT 97 Affair ‘95 LT ‘95 LT = Living Together

Marital Separation Divorce Divorce and Remarriage

m ‘90, s 95-96, s 96, d ‘97 remar ’00, rediv 02 met ‘88,, m ‘90 s ’95 m ‘90 s ’95 d ‘97 m ‘03 m ‘05

Children: List in birth order beginning with the oldest on left

‘97-97 -‘99 -‘01 LW 98-99 A ‘97 ‘92- ‘94- ‘95- ‘03- ‘03- ‘04- ‘04- ‘05- Stillbirth Abortion 13 11 10 Miscarriage

Biological Foster Adopted Twins Identical Pregnancy Child Child Child Twins Symbols Denoting Addiction, and Physical or Mental Illness

Physical or Physical or Smoker Psychological illness Psychological illness S in remission Obesity O Alcohol or Drug abuse In Recovery from Language Problem alcohol or drug abuse L Suspected alcohol In recovery from Serious mental and or drug abuse substance abuse and physical problems mental or Physical problems and substance abuse

Symbols Denoting Interactional Patterns between People “spiritual” connection Close

DistantClose-Hostile Focused On Fused

Hostile Fused-Hostile Cutoff Cutoff Repaired

Physical AbuseEmotional Abuse Sexual Abuse Caretaker

Annual income is written $100,000 $28,000 just above the 1943-2002 ‘53- birth & death date. 59 John Highland Park, NJ 52 Jenny C.P.A. H.S.+2 Typically you would include m. 1970 Secretary the person’s occupation Arizona London San Francisco and education near the name and the person’s 35,000 $100,000 $45,000 whereabouts at the top ‘73- ‘75- ‘81- of the line connecting to 32 30 24 the symbol. Alicia Peter Mark P.h.D M.B.A B.A. Symbol for Immigration = History Prof Computers

Artificial Insemination Egg donor Gay Couple whose Lesbian couple daughter was whose daughter Sperm donor conceived Surrogate was conceived with sperm of Mother with egg John and of one partner an egg donor, and and carried by surrogate sperm donor. mother till birth. Foster Children

Siblings of Primary Genogram Members are written smaller and higher. Spouses are written smaller and lower: 38 39 31 26

62 58 ‘01 ‘01 s ‘01 0 28 26 Child Raised from 31 ‘01 Birth by His 0 Granduncle and Aunt

Use an arrow to show family into which child moved

Household Household shown by encircling members living together (Couple living with their dog after launching Children)

POLISH JEWISH

Served in Chicago Chicago Vietnam $60,000 $40,000 1945- 1944- 62 63 Ed m. 1970 Judy London Roman $100,000 Buddhism Catholic Chicago Dog-Muff ‘79 $28,000 ‘82 27 Siblings are written smaller Sam 24 LH ’00 and higher than IP. Jolie Spouses are written Therapist smaller and lower.

Symbol for Adopted Child Immigration

A = 1999

?94- 10 Use an arrow to show family into which child moved Adopted at 5 Husband, His Current Wife and his Ex-Wives (who are shown lower and smaller). 1 Husband’s wives may go on left to be closest to him. Indicators “1st,” “2nd” etc. make clear the oader of his marriages.

1st 2nd 3th m ‘85 d ’89 m ‘90 d ’00 m ‘02

Wife, Her Current Husband and her Ex-Husbands (who are shown lower and smaller). 2 Wife’s previous relationships are shown on left to keep children in birth order, since they remained in her custody.

1st 2nd 3th

m ‘83 d ’88 m ‘89 d ’93 m ‘96

18 13 8

Couple with 3 year old, showing their previous spouses (smaller) and those spouses’ 3 new partners (even smaller)

1st 2nd 1st

m ‘94 d ’99 m ‘02 m ‘94 d ’98 m ‘90 d ’92

97- 02- 96- 91- 8 33 9 14

Couple living with their joint child and her child from a previous relationship. The other 4 spouses of the partners are shown smaller and lower on either side of the present household, indicated by a dotted line.

‘55- ‘65- 50 40

m ‘77 d ‘80 m ‘85 d ‘89

m ‘81 d ‘86 m‘ 90 d ‘93

m ‘87 d ‘90 m ‘95 d ‘97

m ‘92 d ‘97 lo. m ‘02 m ‘99 d ‘01

‘82- ‘84- ‘94- ‘03- ‘95- 23 21 11 2 10