Presenter:
Dennis T. Jaffe, PhD
Objectives: Participants completing this
presentation will be able to:
- Understand how to set up a conversation about family wealth with an individual.
- Be able to recommend a family conversation about wealth.
- Understand how wealth affects relationships and identity.
Description:
Money and wealth
are key issues affecting one's life, personal identity, and
family relationships. Families who acquire wealth often
find that the conflicts that arise as a result of their
fortune, or the differing expectations of different family
members, can lead to conflict that can damage
relationships.
The counselor comes upon wealth
issues in relation to many others dimenisons of health and
well-being, and needs to feel comfortable in initiating and
helping them come to the surface. A new group of wealth
psychologists can help individuals, and families, to define
and understand their own issues in relation to their family
money, and to hold conversations about the values and
expetations across generations concerning family
money.