What is psychogenealogy and how does it help you understand the patterns that repeat in your family?
Illustrative image. Photo: Антон Жук / Pexels · Free Pexels License. Cristina Schmidt Psychotherapist, Trainer and Supervisor, Trainer and Coach, Vice-President ITSP. Psychogenealogy is a therapeutic approach that studies family history and the way in which, through visible and invisible loyalties, unfinished grief, secrets, traumas and life scripts can be transmitted from one generation to […]
The genogram and the genosociogram: how to draw the history of the family
Illustrative image. Photo: cottonbro studio / Pexels · Free Pexels License. Cristina SchmidtPsychotherapist, Trainer and Supervisor, Trainer and Coach, Vice-President ITSP. The genogram is a map of the family over at least three generations. In it we draw the family members and use standard symbols (circle for women, square for men, lines for marriages, separations […]
Transgenerational “healing”: what it actually means and what therapy can (and cannot) do
Illustrative image. Photo: SHVETS production / Pexels · Free Pexels License. Cristina SchmidtPsychotherapist, Trainer and Supervisor, Trainer and Coach, Vice-President ITSP. Transgenerational “healing” is not a healing in the medical sense; it does not mean erasing the family past nor “repairing” the ancestors. It means understanding what has been transmitted to you and consciously choosing […]
Transgenerational trauma: 6 signs that you are carrying the pain of the generations before you
Illustrative image. Photo: Thiago José Amaral / Pexels · Free Pexels License. Cristina SchmidtPsychotherapist, Trainer and Supervisor, Trainer and Coach, Vice-President ITSP. Transgenerational trauma is considered to be the transmission of the effects of an unprocessed trauma to children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren who did not live the event. War, deportation, famine and violent losses are […]
Introduction to Genosociogram
The genosociogram is one of the foundational tools in psychogenealogy and transgenerational psychotherapy. More than a simple family tree, it is a dynamic map that reveals the emotional, relational, and historical patterns that shape an individual’s life. By integrating genealogy with psychology, the genosociogram helps us understand how unresolved experiences, traumas, loyalties, and unspoken rules […]
