Exploring the Roots of Your Marriage: Understanding the Influence of the Family of Origin

By Leticia S. Isidro-Clancy

Exploring the Roots of Your Marriage: Understanding the Influence of the Family of Origin is a concise and accessible manual designed to lead individuals in a couple-relationship to self-understanding and self-acceptance.

As individuals rediscover who they are as a result of the influences of their family of origin, their awarenes

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stonewall Press
• Release date: Sep 13, 2018
• ISBN: 9781948172899

Leticia S. Isidro-Clancy

Leticia S. Isidro-Clancy is a native of the Philippines who worked for the Department of Defense Army Substance Abuse Program and Fort Belvoir Community Hospital as a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Marriage and Family Therapist. Ms. Isidro-Clancy received her Master of Arts degree in Counseling from New York University. She is a member of NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals; the New Jersey Association of A/D Counselors; and the European Branch of the American Counseling Association.

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Copyright © 2018 by Leticia S. Isidro-Clancy.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

Printed in the United States of America

ISBN: Paperback: 978-1-948172-90-5

ISBN: eBook: 978-1-948172-89-9

Library of Congress Control Number:2018949023

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This book is dedicated to the couples who are committed to each other and strive to grow in their marriage.

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Part 1 Reacquainting Oneself with Past Experiences

How did I become me?

How well do you know yourself?

Identify the areas in yourself you can work on (please check)

Positive traits that off-set your negative traits (please check)

Experiences as a young person

Who am I?

Significance of Terms

Genogram: Symbols and Meanings

Guidelines in Working Your Genogram

The Influence of the Family of Origin

Part 2 REDISCOVERING OURSELVES IN THE CONTEXT OF MARRIAGE

Take Your Marriage Pulse

Self-Discovery in Marriage

How Healthy Is Your Marriage?

Relationship Skills

Framework of Relationships

Elements of a Loving Relationship

The 3 R’s of Marriage Issue Themes:

REALITY ORIENTATION:

RESPONSIBILITY:

RELATIONSHIPS:

You and Marriage

Sexuality In Marriage

PART 3 RENEWAL OF SELF BY MAKING CHANGES