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You Can Go Home Again: Reconnecting with Your Family
Showing examples within famous families--like the Kennedys, Hepburns, and Beethovens--the author discusses the influences of birth order, family myths, and much more, to aid in reader understanding and empowerment. Includes end-of-chapter questions.
Hardcover, 332 pages
Published
March 1st 1995
by W. W. Norton & Company
(first published 1995)
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This is a nice book in understanding family issues. The author, family therapist McGoldrick, in making use of genograms and family stories of famous people, such as Beethoven, Kafka, Mahler, Chaplin, Kennedys, Hepburn, etc. , studies and discusses couple relationship, intergenerational relationships, sibling rivalry, birth order, divorce, extra-marital affairs, family secrets and loss, etc.
Through detailed exploration,...more
This is a nice book in understanding family issues. The author, family therapist McGoldrick, in making use of genograms and family stories of famous people, such as Beethoven, Kafka, Mahler, Chaplin, Kennedys, Hepburn, etc. , studies and discusses couple relationship, intergenerational relationships, sibling rivalry, birth order, divorce, extra-marital affairs, family secrets and loss, etc.
Through detailed exploration,...more
Fascinating book using genograms to illustrate family patterns of famous families of like the Beethoven’s and Kennedy’s to show influence of birth order, relationships, stereotypes, ethnic heritage, religion, class rules, finances, disabilities, addictions, family secrets, grief and loss. Premise of the book is that if a person can reconnect with their past, they can better choose their future. McGoldrick describes ways clients can hold onto their sense of selves to get past resentments and pr...more
This book is taking me forever to get through! I can see how Jefferson or the Bronte families have these recurring destructive patterns and can apply some of that to my own families patterns but haven't figured out if there is anything I can do to STOP the negative cycles. I am not that far into though and I have faith that the author is getting to it. The intro hits a lot of high and low notes regarding how our families impact us whether we stay close or estrange ourselves. She makes a stro...more
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anyone interested in family dynamics
Monica McGoldrick explores family patterns of birth order, sibling rivalry, family myths, secrets, couple relationships, class, cultural differences, suicide, and loss using the genogram method (a sort of annotated tree drawing) of tracking a famiy. When viewed in this way, these patterns suggest that many recurring family experiences are not entirely coincidental. It's the "sins of the father" idea that experiences are repeated within a family.
Being able to see what's ...more
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An excellent book on how to take a look at your family of origin in order to better understand yourself!
"The more we know about our families, the more we can know about ourselves, and the more freedom we have to determine how we want to live. Learning about your family heritage can free you to change your future."
"The more we know about our families, the more we can know about ourselves, and the more freedom we have to determine how we want to live. Learning about your family heritage can free you to change your future."
The title is a trifle misleading: it sounds as if only people who are estranged from their families would get anything from this book. Actually, it's for anyone interested in getting a clearer perspective on their family relationships. McGoldrick uses famous families as examples of various issues (loss, pressure to succeed, gender expectations, sibling relationships, and so on). She also suggests questions and topics for readers to explore if they choose to examine their own families. I wish she...more
An easy read regarding psychological approaches to family systems, highlighting the use of a genogram. It was thoroughly enjoyable as the many examples used are of historical/famous figures and their families. This would be a good read for anyone wanting to understand more about their family, not just psychology students.
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