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The culturegram is an assessment tool that originates in Berlin and Cannon's (2013) work. Together the therapist and clients construct a diagram that provides a chance for intercultural couples to do some thinking about the differences in their family beliefs, values, traditions, and legacies. It charts beliefs and values that affect the couple's lives that may or may not be unconsciously directing them around particularly meaningful and often divisive areas of their lives. The themes can vary, for instance, from religious values to ideas about sex, to disciplining children to education, to gender roles, to ideas about work and home life.

Through exploring specific themes, chosen by the couple, within the diagram, families' similarities and differences are laid bare and clarified. The diagram comprises a series of circles that depict beliefs and practices of their respective families, with linking lines to how they play out within their present relationship.

A fuller description and illustration of the culturegram and an example of its use is in the second part of the book.