[Psychogenealogy and its history]

Soins Psychiatr. 2016 May-Jun:(304):20-1. doi: 10.1016/j.spsy.2016.03.004.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The collective and transmittable unconscious, invisible loyalty, unconscious debts or family secrets are all concepts developed by thinkers such as Sigmund Freud, Françoise Dolto and Serge Tisseron. The genogram is a tool used by professionals to help families to identify themselves in their family constellations.

Keywords: collective unconscious; famille; family; family secret; genogram; génogramme; inconscient collectif; psychogenealogy; psychogénéalogie; secret de famille; transgenerational; transgénérationnel.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Confidentiality / psychology
  • Family Therapy / methods*
  • Humans
  • Intergenerational Relations*
  • Mental Disorders / nursing*
  • Mental Disorders / psychology*
  • Mental Disorders / therapy
  • Pedigree*
  • Psychoanalytic Theory
  • Social Identification
  • Unconscious, Psychology