This paper has to answer 5 questions about Greek family’s. 1) Describe the particular characteristics and values of the group with some context of history, geography, politics, and economics as they are pertinent to understand the patterns of the group. 2)Emphasize especially values and patterns that are relevant for therapy- those an uninformed therapist might be most likely to misunderstand (e.g related to the problems, help seeking, and what is seen as the “cure” when people are in trouble). 3)Describe patterns that relate to clinical situation, especially couple relationship; parent child issues, sibling relationship, three generation relationship; how families deal with loss, conflict, affection, homosexuality and intermarriage. 4)Include relevant information on the impact of race, class and class change, religion, gender role, sexual orientation, and migration experiences. 5)Offer guidelines for intervention to facilitate client well being, demonstrating respect for both the historical circumstances and the current adaptive needs of families in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century.
