Three-Generation Family Therapy Genogram

About this genogram template

This three-generation genogram illustrates a relatively stable working-middle-class family structure with intact marriages across generations and limited family disruption. The pattern shows early and sustained marriages among grandparents and parents, suggesting a family norm of long-term partnerships and conventional family roles. Geographic proximity among paternal relatives contrasts with more distant maternal ties, which may influence perceived closeness and support.

The family includes a mix of living and deceased elders, offering an opportunity to explore how loss, legacy, and role transitions are managed. With no single health or crisis focus highlighted, the genogram emphasizes structure, generational continuity, and everyday relational patterns typical of many intake scenarios.

How clinicians use this template

Clinicians can use this template to orient clients to the genogram process during an initial intake, helping them identify key family members, generational roles, and basic relational patterns. It supports questions about family expectations, communication styles, and how responsibilities are distributed across generations.

This structure also helps surface differences between maternal and paternal family involvement, responses to bereavement, and how young adult children negotiate independence within a stable family system. The template is intentionally neutral, allowing clinicians to layer in presenting concerns as therapy progresses.

Build your own

Open this basic 3-generation genogram in Creately to customize the family for your client, add health-history fields, and share with your care team.