My therapist does this frequently. He is a family therapist and trained in family systems therapy. Not all therapeutic approaches can accommodate seeing multiple members of the same family simultaneously. I would not attempt this with a therapist unless he was trained in this modality and thought it was a good idea for your specific family.

I saw my therapist individually for 7 months. Then we added my husband and I saw him simultaneously in couples therapy and individually. My husband was invited several times to see T individually if he needed to, but has not done this, so far. From the start of individual therapy with my T, he would mention occasionally that he sees couples and I knew without a doubt that I would never do that with him. But as I got to know T better and progressed further on my healing journey and we developed such a fantastic, trusting therapeutic relationship, I changed my mind on this and it became possible for my husband to join us. T did warn me several times of the dangers to our own relationship and therapy, and we discussed these quite a bit. But I had entered a space of profound trust for my T and felt our bond could withstand anything. Now I am done with couples therapy and everything was fine. I was never jealous of my T. Our bond was not damaged. We are closer then ever. T did tell me that getting to know my husband made him understand me so much better. Now he has a deep knowledge of the issues in our marriage that he could not get only by talking to me. T often sees multiple members of a family, including parents and their older children, both together and individually. (He does not work with really young kids.) He is a family therapist and specializes in this.

I would say you need to know yourself and whether this approach would work for you. You need to have a really strong bond with your T and not be insecure about "losing" him to your other family member that enters therapy. Your T needs to be trained and comfortable with this approach also. If these conditions do not apply, then ask your T for a referral to a good therapist who he thinks would be a good fit for your family member. My youngest daughter is in therapy and I got the referral from my T. (He doesn't see young adolescents for individual, extended therapy, and that was what she needed.)

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Am going to give my T to my son... he needs to have the best care.. and there is no one else that I trust with my son..

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Why not both see him? Is your T against it? Or are you against it? Please discuss it with your T and see if he is trained to see 2 members of the same family.