Male = Square with family role + age
Female = Circle with family role + age
Nonbinary = Triangle or half
square/circle
Institution (school, church) = Triangle
Normal, healthy involvement
Underinvolved (disengaged)
Overinvolved (enmeshed)
Conflict
Family system = encircled
P =
Parent
M =, F =
Mother, Father
C1=
S1=, D1 =
Child 1
Son 1, Daughter 1
T =
Teen
GM=, GF=
Grandmother, Grandfather
Fr1 =
Friend 1
[P] =
Absent but psychologically important parent
Hierarchy of the family. Parents have open communication with 2 children
Hierarchy of the family. Parents have blocked communication with 2 children
Conflict
Father and Mother are divorced with blocked communication
One-way hostile communication
Mutually hostile communication
Psychologically overinvolved
(P
Parent excluded