Genogram

[3] Georgetown Family Center Therapist Murray Bowen[4] developed the concept of the genogram.

The same year, Jack Bradt, a former student of Bowen's, published a pamphlet at the Groome Center which displayed the basic symbols used for genograms.

In psychiatry, Bowen and Bradt, as well as Philip Guerin, Brian Stagoll, and Karl Tomm have been credited.

[17][18][19][20][21][22] A genogram is created with simple symbols representing gender and various lines to illustrate family relationships.

For example, in a genogram involving a father named Paul and a wife named Lily with three children, the diagram can depict relationships such as their eldest child going to boarding school, their middle child having conflict with her mother, and their youngest having a health condition like juvenile diabetes.