Name
Monica McGoldrick, M.A., LCSW, Ph.D. (Honorary) (1943–)
Biography
Monica McGoldrick, founder and director of the Multicultural Family Institute in Highland Park, New Jersey, is known in the family therapy field for her writing, teaching, and videos on issues of culture, genograms, gender, couples, remarried families, loss, and the family life cycle. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she grew up on a farm in Solebury, Pennsylvania. A fourth generation Irish American, she became interested in the role of culture and ethnicity on family patterns. She majored in Russian Studies at Brown, writing a thesis on the role of children in Dostoevsky’s Brothers Karamazov, especially regarding a common theme in his works of a child regenerating love in an adult who had become hardened or insensitive. He worried that children’s problems resulted from the disintegrating family that was created by the bad state of the Russian government. McGoldrick has always viewed her interest in Dostoevsky as a good...
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
McGoldrick, M. (2011). The genogram journey: Reconnecting with your family (2nd edition of You Can Go Home Again). New York: W. W. Norton & Co.
McGoldrick, M. (2016). The genogram casebook: A clinical companion to genograms: Assessment and intervention. New York: W. W. Norton & Co.
McGoldrick, M., & Hardy, K. V. (2018). Re-visioning family therapy: Addressing diversity in clinical practice and training (3rd ed.). New York: Guilford Press.
McGoldrick, M., & Troast, J. (1993). Ethnicity, families, & family business: Implications of practitioners. Family Business Review, 6, 283.
McGoldrick, M., Anderson, C., & Walsh, F. (1989). Women in families: A framework for family therapy. New York: Norton.
McGoldrick, M., Giordano, J., & Garcia-Preto, N. (2005). Ethnicity and family therapy. New York: Guilford Press.
McGoldrick, M., Petry, S., & Gerson, R. (2008). Genograms: assessment & intervention. New York: Norton.
McGoldrick, M., Garcia Preto, N., & Carter, B. (2016). The expanding family life cycle: Individual, family and social perspectives. Boston: Pearson.
Walsh, F., & McGoldrick, M. (2004). Living beyond loss: Death and the family. New York: W. W. Norton & Co.
Videos
McGoldrick, M. (1995). The legacy of loss: A family systems approach. Video available from www.psychotherapy.net.
McGoldrick, M. (2012). Harnessing the power of genograms. Video available from www.psychotherapy.net.
McGoldrick, M. (2017a). Assessment and engagement in family therapy with Monica McGoldrick. Video available from www.psychotherapy.net.
McGoldrick, M. (2017b). Emancipating history: A family’s racial legacy: A genogram journey of Elaine Pinderhughes. Video available from www.psychotherapy.net.
McGoldrick, M. (2017c). Family play genograms. Video available from www.psychotherapy.net.
McGoldrick, M. (2018a). Triangles and family therapy: Strategies and solutions. Video available from www.psychotherapy.net.
McGoldrick, M. (2018b). Facing unmourned loss and trauma: Building resilience: Clinical insights drawn from the life of Dr. Norman Paul. Video available from www.psychotherapy.net.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Section Editor information
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2019 Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this entry
Cite this entry
Preto, N.G. (2019). McGoldrick, Monica. In: Lebow, J.L., Chambers, A.L., Breunlin, D.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49425-8_682
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49425-8_682
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-49423-4
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-49425-8
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and PsychologyReference Module Humanities and Social SciencesReference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences