This article was originally published March / April 2025 Volume 24, No. 2 in Family Therapy Magazine. FEATURES Family Therapy for Clients of Wealth: Extending Culturally Competent Care Through a Systemic Lens Paul Hokemeyer, JD, PhD That we are living in volatile times is not new news. The last...
The success of HBO's hit show Succession is due in large measure to the public's obsession with people of wealth and power. Audience members are drawn into the Roy family drama because they simultaneously resent and envy what they think unlimited amounts of money can...
One of the many things I appreciate about being a therapist is how my work involves helping patients develop the capacity to sit with what seem like contradictory realities. So we can be discouraged about the new round of COVID while at the same time,...
[caption id="attachment_332" align="alignnone" width="300"] Resolving family conflicts around money, wealth & entitlement. ESG investing[/caption] Families of all socioeconomic classes are subject to internal conflicts. When resolved through a clearly articulated process and in a contained frame, these conflicts enable families to evolve to higher levels of functioning. For...
On 15 October 2021, Dr. Paul Hokemeyer joined Ispahani Advisory Limited as the firm's expert on Family Mental Health and Wellbeing. You can read his bio on the firm's website below: Dr Paul Hokemeyer Family Mental Health and Wellbeing Dr. Paul Hokemeyer is one of the world’s foremost...
In my experience in working with UHNW individuals and families around the world, I find it is the millennial generation and women who see the value in addressing the mental health and addictive disorders that exist in the field of entrepreneurship and in their families....
We are emerging from COVID_19 changed people into an altered world. Many of the families I work are only now beginning to see the full impact the pandemic on their lives, the lives of people they love and for whom they are responsible, and the...
By Paul Leslie Hokemeyer, JD, PHD Privilege and adolescent addictions Perhaps the most prevalent cultural myth in America is that money and professional success are the salves that heal what ails us. When substance abuse strikes in a culture of affluence, the American dream of wealth and...