Art-genogram Effects on Dyadic Relationship Dynamic as a Unifying Transgenerational Psychotherapy Technique

The symbolic or representational recreation of the psychogenealogical tree, the exploration and valuable use of its significance in diagnosis and psychotherapy, could much better be accomplished by creative meditation associated with the constructional improvisation of the genogram, using natural elements as symbolic-projective means. This new diagnosis and therapeutic technique is called the art-genogram (Mitrofan, 2004, , Mitrofan & Stoica, 2005). This study was aimed to validate and present an assessment and therapeutic intervention model based on art-genogram, a technique which is focused both on raising awareness of the Persona – Umbra's dynamic and the activating individual, familial and trans-familial resources. This technique has significant effects within the personal and transgenerational development process, and, implicitly, on the relationship dynamic.