Family Talk: How to Organize Family Meetings to Solve Problems and Strengthen Relationships

by Christy Monson

Overview

Christy Monson, a retired family therapist, provides in concrete examples and clear language the keys to family success through family councils.

While families are diverse and their needs are unique, a family council provides a safe and strong environment for every family to discuss issues and explore the best ways to have the family succeed. A family council is not just any meeting. It's a special event that provides a background and foundation to create healthy family synergy. Monson teaches families what a family council is and what it is not, why it’s a perfect environment for teaching, for exploring difficult issues, learning how to play, and how best to solve problems at home, school, or work. Monson also includes information for families with special needs.

Family councils are a great way to bring children and parents together in a positive environment where they can discuss and solve problems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781938301797
Publisher:	Familius
Publication date:	06/03/2014
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.65(d)

About the Author

Christy Monson received a BS degree at Utah State University and an MS at University of Nevada at Las Vegas. She established a successful counseling practice in Las Vegas, Nevada, as a licensed marriage and family therapist, spending a great portion of her time working with young people and their families. She and her husband, Robert, have raised six children and have fourteen grandchildren.

She has written a children's book series, Texting Through Time, and has a picture book, Love, Hugs, and Hope: When Scary Things Happen, released 2013. Her self-help book Becoming Free: A Woman's Guide to Internal Strength was also released 2013.

Her articles have been published on the web on Familius.com, Gospel Ideals, LDS Witness, Modern Molly Mormon, and American Night Writer's Association. Her blog address is http://christymonson.blogspot.com/.

Her websites are: http://www.christymonson.com/index.html and http://textingthroughtime.com/.

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Table of Contents

What Is a Family Council? 
A Place to Solve Problems
A Place to Teach Your Children                                   
A Place to Grow Up Together
A Place to Play Together                                                                              
Messages the Family Council Sends to Children
Family Councils Model for Children

Editorial Reviews

The Family Council Guidebook is a vital and necessary addition to every home. In this day and age when emails, chat rooms, and staring at computer screens are rapidly replacing real-time human interaction, what better corrective could there be than a guidebook to how to talk with one another in meaningful, productive and healing ways. Christy Monson knows what she is talking about. It is a great blessing that she is sharing it with all of us.

 
—Ben Bernstein, PhD, Author of Test Success! and A Teen's Guide to Success

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