Essays on Genogram

Below you will see the genogram of my family created using GenoPro 2016 software (No author, 2016).

Despite the fact that currently my family is quite large, it is almost impossible to trace the genealogical tree too far. I have managed to find information about my great-grandparents from my mother’s side. From the side of my father, the situation is much worse, as only scraps of information could have been found about his parents. My Granddad o my father’s side grew up in an orphanage and then immigrated to the USA from England. Here he met my Grandmother and they got married. Grandma Karen was not much of a source of information, even if ...

Nursing assessment involves gathering of all the details and necessary information about a patient’s psychological, physiological, spiritual and sociological status. Genogram and ecomap are two tools of Calgary family assessment and intervention model which are helpful as the nursing assessment tools, which the paper is going to discuss one by one. Calgary Family Assessment Model is a nursing assessment tool that is generally used by the family nurses to know about the three fundamental areas of the family structure, the gender of all family members and their extended family relationships along with other internal and external factors (Wright & ...

Summary of the Genogram

The above genogram represents three generations all of which face hereditary health and social problems right from the original parents to the descendants. Through the above genogram, we can view the inherited patterns through the three generations. In the above genogram the health complications that affect the generations range from hereditary diseases such as diabetes, alcohol-caused diseases, and psychological problems. Firstly, the genogram represents three generations that result from three primary households. The first family originates from the marriage between Michael (1946-1992) and Susan (1948). The second household is that of Miguel (1939-1999) and Rosemary (1942). The last home ...

Introduction

Marriage counseling is indeed an important function which enables the couples to identify the root causes of problems existing in the marriage. Couples often experience challenges in their marriage at some point in time and may, therefore, decide to seek professional assistance. The existing problems in the marriage are usually caused by a number of factors including disorders and also the socio-cultural differences existing between the individuals (Dattilio, 1998). Conversely, the therapists need to examine the issues critically in order to guide the couple effectively, thus assisting them come up with viable solutions (Dattilio, 1998). The paper provides information on ...

Introduction

Description of Bayside Queens New York Community

Bayside is located within Queens Borough. It is a very affluent middle class community comparable to Douglaston and Middle neck. On the north can be found the Bronx and Little Neck; easterly Cross Island Parkway and Douglaston; to the west Francis Lewis Boulevard/Utopia Parkway and Auburndale; in the south can be found Union Turnpike and Queens Village. Bayside Hills has been recently added as a subdivision of the community. Zip codes 11360, 11361, 11364, 718, 347, 917, 646 are definitive of this location (McKay, 2008). The 83,104 population consists of 65% white; ...

Introduction

This presentation outlines a community assessment conducted at South Ozone Park, Queens, New York. It would entail a description of the community; display and explanation of data; designing of a genogram; interpretation of important features portrayed in the diagram and making a community diagnosis.

A.1: Community Description-South Ozone Park, Jamaica, Queens, New York

South Ozone Park is geographically located at the southeastern boundary of Queens’ borough. This awesome development aroused out of low class housing projects in the 1990s. On the north of its magnificently transformed landscape is the John F. Kennedy Airport. These boundaries extend outwards from the Aqueduct Racetrack east, towards Van Wyck Expressway. Rockway Boulevard is its main traffic ...

1. Community Description

The field work of the research paper was performed in the Queens County, New York where I live. The Queens County is located in the eastern part of the city of New York and it is considered to cover the largest area covering an area of 283 square kilometers. It is also second largest in terms of population size. Queens County is geographically located in the Long Island western part together with its neighboring county that is Brooklyn. The county is an urban area which consists of diverse ethnic groups cutting across all parts of the world. Its population ...

- My Genogram (Patrick Bines) - Narrative In my genogram, I, Patrick Bines (Pat) am the index person, whose issues are the purpose for the family analysis. In my family, members tend to have fairly long lives. My paternal grandparents (John and Emily), died at the age of 82 and 89 respectively; the rest are still alive in their 70s, 80s and 90s. In the last hundred years, only three deaths happened in the family. Death in a genogram is indicated by an ‘X’ through a person's name and square or circle. Next to the persons in the genogram, ...

The challenges that marriages in the present day face have increased there has been a gradual change in the family setup accompanied by family breakups and hence a great majority of people entering into marriage come in with various social problems (Berg & de Shazer, 1993).Even for those couples that had a stable childhood problems often crop up in marriages due to the different personalities and temperaments of the people that enter into the marriage. Marriage counseling is hence a very important component of psychology as it helps couples to get to the root cause of their problem and hopefully get solutions. Since ...

Introduction

A family treatment plan is a road map that a family and the affected patient must follow towards recovery. The treatment plan should begin after a family assessment has been conducted and completed. There must be immediate needs that should get addressed regarding the patients. A family treatment plan involves interventions by the medical teams and therapeutic plans. The treatment keeps changing with every intervention. A family treatment plan gets built around the patient’s problems that get brought into treatment. Such treatment plans have been used for outpatient and inpatient treatments. Family treatment plans need to get developed on the core ...

Brief synopsis of the storyline

“Ordinary people” is a simple, but painful emotional story evolving around an upper-middle class family residing in Lake Forest, Illinois. This film tells of the crumbling of this family after the death of the eldest son in a boating accident. It goes in-depth to tell us of Beth, a profound perverse narcissistic mother who tries to find success only in the social custom of appearances and their approval by hiding behind her mother status. Beth, who is the family mother, has installed coldness of heart, ostentation of feelings and lack of empathy as the usual mode of living in her home by ...

Correctional Counselling

Amanda is a female offender who has been sentenced to 27 months in prison after being found guilty of aggravated assault. An assumption has been made by this researcher that if a careful assessment of Amanda’s needs is carried out, she will be much more likely to experience a successful recovery. 1. On the basis of your profile, state clearly which offender type or types you believe the offender fits, and the primary text references to be used Amanda fits the typologies of female offender and drug offender. She also has challenges to face in order to overcome her ...

In the family of the genogram, it appears that the tendency for a serious physical illness may be inherited. This is particularly likely, as both serious illnesses in this case are autoimmune problems, which are known to have genetic biases. There is also the possibility of a substance abuse tendency, although it has not yet shown up in the third generation. However, as the members of this generation are still young, the possibility of this happening remains. Also clear from the interactional pattern information, having a serious physical illness can result in hostile relationships with your relations whether you are close or ...

The case concerns an African American woman, 26 years old who is working but has no kids. She was the only child in the family who was brought up by her mother since her father died while she was 3 years old. The woman had a problem of expressing herself to her mother, so she could tell her grandmother the love feelings she had towards her mother. The three lived together.

Theory for treatment plan

Understanding an individual’s behavior is a complicated task, which requires a learning experience. Human behavior is unpredictable and complex and trying to understand it requires a high degree of accuracy. Different ...

The case concerns an African American woman, 26 years old who is working but has no kids. She was the only child in the family who was brought up by her mother since her father died while she was 3 years old. The woman had a problem of expressing herself to her mother, so she could tell her grandmother the love feelings she had towards her mother. The three lived together.

Theory for treatment plan

Understanding an individual’s behavior is a complicated task, which requires a learning experience. Human behavior is unpredictable and complex and trying to understand it requires a high degree of accuracy. Different ...