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Facilitated Family Meetings

Facilitated Family Meetings
 
By Halee Burg 
 
I suspect many of us have experienced, at one time or another, how quickly extended family conflicts can unfold, and the damaging impact on valued relationships that often follows.  Identity and values conflicts among family members may emerge and communication may unravel.  Even in the closest of families, feelings about issues relating to aging parents or other loved ones run deep, and adult children and grandchildren may have vastly different perspectives regarding how evolving challenges should be managed.  It is not uncommon for longstanding sibling rivalries to manifest as family members attempt to tackle -- often without the support of a neutral third party -- issues involving caregiving roles and responsibilities, residential options, decision making, and the like.
 
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