Therapy Guide: The Family Meeting

If your family is in need of a meeting, therapy may be a great way to introduce that concept. A therapist can help you implement a meeting structure, get other members on board, and can even help facilitate your first few meetings.

If you’re in therapy, here are some ways to bring up starting a family meeting with your therapist:

• “My family has become so disorganized. I heard that having a family meeting can be helpful. Can we talk about how I would do that?”
• “I want to start having a weekly meeting with my family, but I can’t get anyone on board. How should I approach this?”
• “We want to get our family back on track and could use your help planning a family meeting.”
• “I want to have a family meeting, but I have no idea where to start. Can you help me?”
• “We’re looking for a therapist to help us start having a family meeting.”