This hybrid event is for FBA Advisor Members only.
Advisor Connect is a monthly event designed to support your ongoing professional development in family business advising, while building connections with fellow FBA Advisor Members across multiple disciplines.
Each event centres on a key theme which shapes the speakers, discussions, and learnings throughout the session. It’s an opportunity to deepen your understanding of others’ expertise, share insights, and uncover collaborative opportunities that will benefit you and the family businesses you support.
This hybrid event will be held in-person at KPMG, Docklands and also online. To join online the link will be provided when you register.
Topic: The Missing Discipline: Why Psychotherapy Belongs at the Heart of Family Business Advisory
Family business advisors do vital work across governance, succession, and decision-making.
Yet many governance and succession problems are really pattern problems—the behavioural loops that keep repeating under stress. Examples include:
- Enmeshment
- Triangulation
- People-pleasing
- Stonewalling
- Scapegoating
When these patterns take hold, conversations narrow, relationships suffer, and decisions stall.
Psychotherapy is the discipline of working with the underlying drivers of behavioural patterns—especially when the family system is under pressure.
In this session, family business psychotherapist Tom Skotidas will:
- Start with a brief story of a “stuck” family business and explore the moment advice stops working.
- Name the patterns that keep families stagnant. Tom will share examples advisors will recognise fast.
- Show where advisory reaches its natural boundary—then identify what to do next.
- Clarify the value that psychotherapy delivers. Tom will distinguish it from coaching, mentoring, consulting, and mediation.
- Offer a psychotherapy-informed model that will help advisors spot risk early and intervene competently.
Speaker
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Tom Skotidas |
Tom is a family business psychotherapist and the director of everpath. He helps business families resolve entrenched conflict patterns, repair relationships, and thrive as a system. He is also the author of the newsletter Family Business Patterns.
Why Attend Advisor Connect
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Expand your network and connect with like-minded professionals who share your passion for supporting family businesses.
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Gain practical insights and strategies from experienced speakers on topics that matter most in family business advisory.
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Explore opportunities and collaborate with other advisors to strengthen the services you provide and challenge your way of thinking
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Stay ahead, keeping up-to-date with evolving best practices in advising family businesses.
As an FBA Advisor Member you are eligible to attend any advisor events across Australia and New Zealand
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By engaging with a trusted community of professionals, you’ll stay informed on best practices, share experiences, and continue to grow your capability as an advisor. You’ll also be part of a supportive network dedicated to helping family businesses thrive for generations to come.
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