When the family is stuck, the business pays the price.
Specialist psychotherapy for family enterprises. We help business families resolve conflict, rebuild trust, and make better decisions together — around the table and in the boardroom.
Who We Help
Business Families
Families who own and/or run a business together across generations—through an operating company, holding structure, or family office.
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Owner Couples & Key Pairs
Spouses, siblings, parent–child, and in-law pairs who share ownership or leadership in the family business.
Board-ready psychotherapy that strengthens
both the family and the enterprise.
everpath provides the clinical piece of your family business support team.
What psychotherapy adds to mentoring and advisory
Mentors and advisors focus on strategy, structure, and governance. Psychotherapy sits alongside their work, targeting the emotional and relational dynamics between family members and key pairs so the advice you’re already receiving can actually be heard and acted on.
Psychotherapy works on patterns, not just decisions
Short-term conversations and one-off interventions can help families get through a single decision or transaction. Psychotherapy goes further by working with the recurring patterns—how people speak, withdraw, attack, or protect—so future decisions are made in a stable emotional climate.
Clinical Research Sources
Executive Coaching: Reference List
Hackman, J. R., & Wageman, R. (2005). A theory of team coaching. Academy of Management Review, 30(2), 269–287. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2005.16387885
Körner, M., Luzay, L., Plewnia, A., Becker, S., Rundel, M., Zimmermann, L., & Müller, C. (2017). A cluster-randomized controlled study to evaluate a team coaching concept for improving teamwork and patient-centeredness in rehabilitation teams. PLOS ONE, 12(7), Article e0180171. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180171
Peters, J., & Carr, C. (2019). What does ‘good’ look like? An overview of the research on the effectiveness of team coaching. In D. Clutterbuck, J. Gannon, S. Hayes, I. Iordanou, K. Lowe, & D. Mackie (Eds.), The practitioner’s handbook of team coaching (pp. 89–120). Routledge.
Traylor, A. M., Stahr, E., & Salas, E. (2020). Team coaching: Three questions and a look ahead: A systematic literature review. International Coaching Psychology Review, 15(2), 54–66.
Mediation: Reference List
Lempp, F., Blackwood, K., & Gordon, M. (2020). Exploring the efficacy of mediation in cases of workplace bullying. International Journal of Conflict Management, 31(5), 665–685. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCMA-09-2019-0145
McKenzie, D. M. (2015). The role of mediation in resolving workplace relationship conflict. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 39, 52–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2015.01.021
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Farooqi, M. T. K., Shafiq, A., Awan, S. M., Ullah, M. S., & Ahmed, S. (2024). Impact of conflict management on employee retention and engagement: A systematic review. Remittances Review, 9(2), 3975–3989. https://remittancesreview.com/menu-script/index.php/remittances/article/view/1797
Vasilyeva, V., & Bayer, J. P. (2024). A systematic review approach to organisational conflict resolution for optimal productivity and seamless functioning. In N. V. Suresh & P. S. Buvaneswari (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Transformation in Business: Navigating the new frontiers beyond boundaries (DTBNNF 2024) (pp. 244–265). Atlantis Press. https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-433-4_18
Family Business Psychotherapy.
Designed for business families, owner couples, and key pairs.
The everpath methodology is built on clinical-grade psychotherapy models, adapted for business families, owner couples, and key pairs at the heart of the enterprise. Across multiple studies, these models deliver significant gains in relationships that sustain over time.
Immediate impact post-session
The psychotherapy models we use produce significant boosts in communication, positive interactions, and overall relationship satisfaction between close partners and family members immediately post-session.
Impact continues up to 6 months later
These models have shown that gains in positive relational behaviours and high relationship satisfaction can be sustained for at least 6 months after treatment.
Gains maintained up to 24 months later
In multiple studies, significant improvements in overall relationship satisfaction have been maintained for up to 24 months after treatment.
Trusted by founders, owners, and
senior leaders
Results You Can Expect
Repair Conflict and Long-Running Rifts
Resolve painful conflicts and old injuries between siblings, spouses, parents, and next-gen leaders so trust can start to rebuild.
Transform Relational Dynamics
Replace relational conflict with clearer communication and more predictable behaviour—both at home and in the business.
Make Decisions More Effectively
Reach pivotal decisions faster, grounded in clearer roles, boundaries, and shared values, so the business can move forward.
Why Family Business Psychotherapy?
Because unresolved family conflict derails execution
When relationships are strained, strategy stalls. We help stabilise the family so execution, growth, and succession can restart.
Because business families deserve evidence-based solutions.
Your family isn’t a generic “team.” We use clinically-proven relationship models that have been adapted to the realities of family business, including ownership, wealth, and succession.
Because your family sets the cultural tone.
As the family shifts, the whole organisation feels it—employees, advisors, and the next generation. Healthier interactions at the top ripple outward.
Our Four-Step Therapy Approach for
Family Businesses
Establish Safety
We restore safety and curiosity between family members so difficult conversations can happen without blowing up or shutting down.
Go to the Root
Together, we identify the underlying triggers, stories, and power patterns that are driving the conflict—not just the latest incident.
Shift in Session
Using both talk therapy and live, experiential work, we practise new ways of speaking and listening in the room to create new behavioural patterns.
Lock-in Behaviours
We agree on small, testable behaviours between sessions so new patterns stick in day-to-day family and business life.
Safe, Confidential, and Respectful
Boundaries First
We explore sensitive personal topics only to the degree you're comfortable. Your personal limits are fully respected at all times.
Strict Confidentiality
Your sessions and sensitive information remain strictly confidential—including from non-family executives, boards, HR, and legal. Our therapists fully adhere to the ethical standards of the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) and the Psychotherapy & Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA).
Trauma-Informed
Our therapists are specially trained to safely navigate trauma or deeper emotional concerns, ensuring your experience remains highly supportive and safe throughout the process.
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How We Deliver Therapy
Choose the approach that fits your needs.
Pre-session preparation - Answer questions about your challenges and provide background information. Therapy begins here.
90-120 minute intensive session - Evidence-based interventions designed to produce improvements within one session
Have urgent deadlines or critical decisions
Can initially commit to only one session
Want to test fit with your therapist
Prefer intensive, focused work
Pre-session preparation - Complete background questionnaires
60-105 minute sessions - Evidence-based work (EFT + SFBT) to realign vision, restart honest communication, and rebuild decision speed
Prefer a less intensive pace
Have ongoing conflict patterns
Want sustained support over time
Can commit to multiple sessions
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Yes, in fact, that's exactly when therapy can help the most. We provide a calm, structured environment where intense feelings can be safely discussed, helping you quickly lower tension, rebuild trust, and improve communication.
Definitely. Therapy isn't just for partnerships in crisis. Many healthy partnerships use therapy proactively to strengthen communication, enhance understanding, and prevent small misunderstandings from growing into bigger problems.
Therapy can still work well even if partners start at different comfort levels. Our therapists gently encourage open communication, so even hesitant partners become more comfortable and engaged over time.
Initially, sessions usually happen weekly and last about 60–90 minutes. As your partnership improves, you can reduce frequency according to your needs.
Yes, you can. If you find the single intensive session helpful and decide you'd like further support, we can smoothly transition you into a Brief Therapy Series of 2–10 sessions. This allows your team to build on the progress made in the initial session and explore partnership challenges in greater depth.
Yes. If you're undertaking Single-Session Therapy, we ask each participant to complete four short questionnaires beforehand. These help us quickly understand your team's situation and goals, ensuring we make the most of your intensive session. If you're beginning a Brief Therapy series (2–10 sessions), completing these questionnaires isn't mandatory—but doing so can still be helpful, allowing us to dive straight into productive discussion from the very first session.
Certainly, provided this arrangement is transparent to both partners and explicitly approved by both.
Yes, absolutely. Therapy adapts to changes within your partnership, helping you smoothly manage the emotional transition and support ongoing working relationships.
Absolutely. Your confidentiality is strictly protected, and any sharing of information is always decided by you. If someone else funds the sessions, we can provide general updates about attendance or overall engagement only—and even then, only if all partners explicitly agree. Specific details of therapy discussions always remain private.
Don’t let relational conflict decide
the future of your family business.
Invite your family members, key pairs, and executive team
into a structured space where real change can begin.
