Part of becoming a multiculturally competent counselor requires you to explore your own culture and how it was derived. This assignment will help you examine different aspects of your personal cultural background to help bring awareness of how you developed your current cultural viewpoints.
Create a genogram that identifies the racial or ethnic characteristics and changing worldviews of your family over three to four generations to be used in future assignments in this course. This tool differs from a standard genogram because the focus is on how and when prejudice or bias may be learned.
Download the PowerPoint template at the end of the tutorial to use to build your genogram.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word analysis of your genogram in which you:
- Analyze your family history to determine how you developed your own racial and cultural identity. Describe how you identify yourself when reflecting on your cultural heritage, age, religious affiliation, socioeconomic status, etc.
- Describe the values, beliefs, philosophies, attitudes, or opinions you hold that are similar to your family. Describe how you came to know these values, beliefs, philosophies, attitudes, or opinions. Determine how they compare to those of the dominant culture.
- Describe the effects of your cultural upbringing on your worldview. Include commentary on your views of help-seeking behaviors in yourself and others.
- Explain how learning about your cultural upbringing can affect your effectiveness as a multicultural counselor.
- Describe how you will consider cultural and contextual differences between you and your clients to be an effective multicultural counselor.
- Identify personal biases, limitations, or prejudices held that may hinder your effectiveness as a counselor.
- Summarize your personal strengths or abilities that may positively influence your effectiveness with diverse clients.
- Describe methods for enhancing multicultural competence in counseling.
Support your analysis with research from a minimum of two peer-reviewed sources.
Submit 1 PowerPoint genogram and 1 Word document of your analysis for your assignment.
Ethnic Genogram and Analysis
Assignment Examples
Assignment Directions
Begin by constructing a genogram of your family. (If you are adopted, fostered, or estranged from your biological family, you may use an example family that you know well to complete this assignment.)
Males are represented by squares, and females are represented by circles. A horizontal line connecting the two indicates a family. Children are placed below the horizontal family line from the oldest to the youngest, left to right.
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Female Child
b. XXXX
Assignment Directions
Using the following color guide, fill in the squares or circles based on the race or ethnicity of the individual. Represent individuals of multiple races or ethnicities by dividing the circle or square into as many designations as needed.
Green: Caucasian
Purple: Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish Origin
Blue: American Indian or Alaska Native
Orange: Black or African American
Brown: Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
Light Blue: Asian Indian
Pink: Asian
Lavender: Specify Other Race or Ethnicity
Assignment Directions
Write each person’s culturally significant data beside his or her square or circle.
Culturally significant data, in this context, means events or views the person held regarding culture or ethnicity.
Include information on your genogram regarding at least three characteristics or core values for each family member, such as religion or faith, birthplace, nationality, or origin from an urban (city) or rural location.
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Religion
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Nationality
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Religion
Birthplace
Nationality
Simon
b. 1915
Abel
b. 1914
Jose
b. 1912
Eli
b. 1939
Pablo
b. 1914
Jose
b. 1936
Mark
b. 1960
Thomas
b. 1960
Simon
b. 1984
Andrew
b. 1937
Molly
b. 1918
Linda
b. 1939
Sandra
b. 1917
Paola
b. 1913
Maria
b. 1936
Alexa
b. 1960
Cindy
b. 1963
Tina
b. 1967
Anne
b. 1957
Lisa
b. 1959
Marta
b. 1965
Sarah
b. 1982
Maria
b. 1914
m. 1933
m. 1934
m. 1938
m. 1939
m. 1980
m. 1958
d. 1982
m. 1960
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Catholic
Ohio
Rural
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Catholic
Ohio
Unknown
Latino
Catholic
Los Angeles
Urban
Latino
Catholic
Los Angeles
Urban
Latino
Catholic
Los Angeles
Urban
Latino
Catholic
Los Angeles
Urban
Latino
Catholic
Phoenix
Urban
Caucasian
Catholic
Phoenix
Urban
Latino
Catholic
Phoenix
Urban
Latino
Catholic
Phoenix
Urban
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Catholic
Phoenix
Urban
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Phoenix
Rural
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Genogram Template
To use this template:
Fill in names and years
Add/subtract shapes and lines to vary offspring numbers
Additional assets have been provided on the next slide
Change the shape colors to match the race/ethnicity of each individual
Fill in cultural information
Use “Gradient” shape fill options to represent individuals of mixed race/ethnicity
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Add X’s over deceased relatives
Add hashmarks to denote divorce
Note: This template begins at the great-grandparent level. Please note that you should add information only for immediate relatives—do not add their spouses.
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