Enhancing relationships

Family Conversations

When normal contact between family members is disrupted, it is not always easy to find a good opportunity to discuss this. As a result family members can become even more distant from each other, which, in itself, may create new tensions.

Until there is an opportunity to change this around. For instance, because there is a need to speak to each other because of an important event within the family. Or because one of the family members is now ready to re-establish contact.

In doing so it can be helpful to engage a professional. To indicate what is going on, for personal advice or to facilitate the conversation between family members. With the help of ‘family conversations’, the connection can be restored and tensions can be prevented from going on unnecessarily.

Benefits of a professional facilitator.

An advantage of involving an independent facilitator is that he or she ensures a balanced process in which all relevant aspects can be put on the table and discussed. This facilitator can help to steer the emotions that are released in the right direction so that there is space to really listen to each other and to restore or strengthen mutual contact. The family members can concentrate on working together towards a solution that is acceptable to everyone. As facilitators and mediators at A&D, we focus on achieving a long lasting improvements  so that more becomes possible within the family context than before