When you’re carrying the family and the business on your shoulders.
One-to-one psychotherapy for owners, successors, and senior members in family businesses. We help you process stress and conflict—so you can show up differently at home and in the business.
One-to-one psychotherapy sessions for family business leaders who want to change the pattern.
Designed for your challenges
Therapy for Individual Family Business Leaders is designed for:
Founders and owners carrying the load alone
Successors and next-generation leaders
Non-family executives in the family business
everpath is the clinical partner to mentoring and advisory.
What psychotherapy adds to mentoring and advisory
Many family business leaders already have trusted mentors, advisors, and consultants. Psychotherapy sits alongside that work, focusing on the emotional and relational side—how your history, loyalties, fears, and unspoken expectations shape the way you lead, decide, and relate to others.
A place for what doesn’t fit in board papers or reports
There are things you can’t easily bring to a board meeting or a strategy day: anger at a sibling, grief over a parent, shame about past decisions, fear of letting the family down. Individual therapy gives you a protected space to explore those realities, so they stop quietly driving your choices from the background.
Clinical Research Sources
Executive Coaching (for Individuals): Reference List
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De Haan, E. (2019). A systematic review of qualitative studies in workplace and executive coaching: The emergence of a body of research. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research. https://doi.org/10.1037/cpb0000144
McInerney, É., Giga, S., & Morris, A. S. (2021). Does it last? A systematic review of the enduring effects on managers from executive coaching. International Coaching Psychology Review, 16(2), 22–43.
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Mentoring: Reference List
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Therapy for family business leaders. Built on evidence-based psychotherapy models.
everpath provides psychotherapy for family business leaders, grounded in evidence-based clinical models. Our therapists draw primarily on Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Chairwork Therapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Gestalt Therapy, and Schema-informed work. These approaches are designed to create deep, lasting change in how you think, feel, and respond under pressure.
Immediate impact post-session
Many leaders notice shifts even after the first sessions—clearer thinking, reduced emotional overload, and more grounded conversations with family members, partners, and teams.
Continued impact up to 6 months later
Research shows these models deliver gains in emotional regulation, relationship quality, and decision-making for at least 6 months after treatment ends.
Gains maintained up to 24 months later
In multiple studies, improvements in mood, relationships, and overall life satisfaction have been maintained for up to 24 months after therapy.
Trusted by co-founders, executives, and critical partnership teams
Results You Can Expect
Raised awareness of your cognitive, emotional, and behavioural patterns
Tools to regulate stress and prevent burnout
Better conversations with family and teams
Our Four-Step Therapy Approach
for Family Business Leaders
Establish Safety
We create a safe and trusting space for you to talk openly about your family, business, and leadership challenges—without judgment and without it leaving the room.
Go to the Root
We identify the triggers, emotions, and power patterns driving your distress: how past experiences, family dynamics, and current pressures combine to shape your reactions.
Shift in Session
We use live, in-room experiments—such as structured dialogues, chairwork, and imagery work—to create fresh insight and practise new ways of responding in real time.
Lock-in Behaviours
We set simple micro-tests between sessions so new ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving turn into habits in your day-to-day leadership and relationships.
Safe, Confidential, and Respectful
Boundaries First
We explore sensitive personal topics only to the degree you’re comfortable. You stay in control of what we cover, and your limits are fully respected at all times.
Strict Confidentiality
Your sessions and sensitive information remain strictly confidential—including from HR, legal, advisors, and investors. Our therapists fully adhere to the ethical standards of the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) and the Psychotherapy & Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA).
Trauma-Informed
We are trained to safely navigate trauma and deeper emotional concerns, ensuring your experience remains supportive, grounded, and safe throughout the process.
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How We Deliver Therapy
Two ways to work with us
Pre-session preparation - Answer questions about your challenges and provide background information
105-120 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)
Absolutely. Individual therapy helps you gain clarity, better handle stress, and communicate differently. These shifts in you often have a positive indirect effect on your relationships with family members, co-owners, and teams—even if they don’t participate directly.
Therapy naturally includes personal issues when they impact your work or leadership. Family history, health, parenting, grief, or relationship difficulties are often part of the picture. We’ll always stay within your comfort zone and move at a pace that feels safe for you.
You can have as Yes. If you're undertaking Single-Session Therapy, we ask you to complete four short questionnaires beforehand. These help us quickly understand your 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.many SST sessions as you feel are necessary. SST is never about "one session and you're done"; instead, its focus is always on "one meaningful session at a time".
Typically, sessions start weekly for about 60–90 minutes. You can adjust the timing and frequency as your needs and schedule change.
Yes. We regularly provide intensive sessions or short-term, higher-frequency support for critical situations, so you get immediate, focused help when it matters most.
Yes, this is common. We can move from individual therapy into joint sessions with a family member, co-owner, or key colleague when the time feels right. We’ll plan this carefully, with your consent, to protect the safety and integrity of the work.
Never without your explicit permission. If someone else funds your sessions, we may provide only very general updates about engagement (for example, whether sessions are continuing), but never specific details about what is discussed.
Absolutely. We offer enhanced confidentiality arrangements where needed—for example, minimising written communication, using secure channels, and carefully managing scheduling and locations. We understand the additional scrutiny that can come with a public profile or prominent family name.
Don’t let relational conflict decide
the future of your family business.
Invite your family members, co-owners, and key leaders
into a structured space where real change can begin.
