Practice of systemic family therapy of transgenerational traumas

Abstract

The article analyzes the transgenerationa ltrauma phenomenon, its main manifestations and transmission mechanisms. The main signs of transgenerational trauma are identified: phantom manifestations, selective amnesia, a symptom or disease transmitted from generation to generation, family myths, distorted distribution of roles within the family system. Grounded methods for identification and psychotherapy of transgenerational trauma. A clinical case of psychotherapy, the practice of using methods of genosociogram and systemic family constellations in overcoming the trauma of the Holodomor is described. Conclusions about the effectiveness of the described methods in the presented clinical case were made.