Business Psychology: A Good Therapist Might Help

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These counselors typically meet first with the whole family, then interview each person alone to discover more about what is wrong. Later they gather family members in a workshop, sometimes at a retreat, where they will help develop strategies to resolve conflict and reach necessary goals. This approach works, says Thayer Willis, an Oregon psychotherapist who works with inheritors, "because most people are relieved to find a way to resolve conflicts, and it is really powerful to have a neutral third party present to help them do that."

When all this works, says family-and-work expert Azriela Jaffe, it can engender "a level of intimacy and respect that you will never find in another family." That, generally, is also good for business.

--By Valerie Marchant