A theoretical understanding of social versus psychological art is outlined. Ways to overcome these challenges and to utilize the benefits were discussed. Genogram is a useful tool to gather information about the family and guide the clinical practitioner for intervention. Challenges were the unfamiliarity of art language and fear of being “diagnosed” through art. The findings point to the usefulness of including creative genograms in family social work contexts to intensify information, engagement, and stimulation and to re-perceive calcified problems through new visual terms. Traditional genograms are widely used and have been adapted to serve a number of discrete uses (Mc-Goldrick, Gerson & Shellenberger, 1999). A modified version of the traditional genogram would seem to present an ideal vehicle for this task. This participatory research gathers the self-defined, phenomenological experience of family social workers who experienced creative genograms firstly on themselves and then administered it with their clients: Examples are analyzed within the text. From genograms to peer group mapping: introducing peer relationships into social work assessment and intervention. proach that has traditionally informed social work. Creative genograms enable families to phenomenologically self-define recurring themes and issues, thus combining both historical, but also, experiential data on the same page. Karen has also worked cross-culturally in both Africa and Asia with groups ranging from former child soldiers, asylum. Genograms are widely used in family therapy as a way of visually mapping out systems and recurring family patterns. Research on Social Work Practice, Ahead of Print.

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