Blended family issues

Purpose of this assignment: This assignment has become a ‘classic’ assignment in the USC School of Social Work program. In order for you to help your clients and their familial patterns, you need to have done this work on a personal level as well. By understanding your family and who you are within this family context you are able to identify counter-transference reactions with your clients which is an ethical responsibility of social work practice. Many social workers believe, “you cannot bring a client further than you have brought yourself”. By exploring and reflecting on our own experiences, including factors of resilience and risk, this assignment will highlight ways in which we can be more empathetic towards ourselves and others.

This assignment is not a replacement for personal psychotherapy but may offer some insights into who you are, and how you can help your clients live more fulfilling lives.

General instructions: This assignment requires you to apply the concepts and theories discussed in SOWK 544 to your family of origin. In order to complete this assignment, you will need to conduct at least two interviews of family members. You may interview parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, or cousins. Please discuss confidentiality with your interviewees, get permission to use the interview material, and offer to change names if they so desire.

Instructions for paper:

Section one: (One page) Produce a detailed genogram of your family of origin covering at least three generations.  Please include names and ages. The genogram must include a key.

Section two: (2-3 pages) Conduct a systemic analysis of your family of origin from a structural and systems perspective.  Issues you may cover include (choose 2-4 of these)

You will get assigned a top 10 writer in our team. Additionally, for this your first order, one page will be written for you for free.  . .