From Generation to Generation. How to Stop the Negative Influence of the Past and Find Support and Resources in Family History

Invisible threads of family connections shape our beliefs, behaviors, and emotional reactions. Through the mechanism of intergenerational transmission, we inherit from our ancestors both unresolved problems from previous generations and strong qualities and experiences that we can rely on.

Inna Khamitova is a clinical psychologist and systemic family psychotherapist with thirty years of experience, director of the Center for Systemic Family Therapy. In this book, she demonstrates how recurring conflicts, hidden family myths, and unconscious beliefs are passed down from generation to generation and affect current life: relationships, career choices, finances, worldview, and more.
This book does not offer magical rituals or esoteric rites. You will find scientifically grounded psychological and biological concepts and tools for analyzing unconscious ancestral scripts from systemic family therapy. Using a genogram, you will illustrate significant events and roles of ancestors, learn to recognize patterns inherited from your family. Exercises and reflection questions will help you break free from inherited automatic reactions, stop the influence of a negative past, and find resources in your family history.

Who is this book for?
- For those who notice that they are repeating parental scripts in life (in career, finances, relationships) and want to understand how they are inherited and how to gain freedom from them.
- For expectant and young parents, spouses, and partners wishing to build healthy relationships free from unconscious limitations and fears of the past.
- For everyone who wants to analyze their family history from the perspective of family systemic therapy and realize the influence of their ancestors on their current life.
- For psychologists, family therapists, specialists who help people become aware of their deep-seated beliefs and find resources in family history for personal development.