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The aim of this article is to discuss the notion of family psyche, formed from psychic groupality, while emphasizing the role of sensoriality. We begin with the conception of group ties in Freud’s work, while extending the discussion to the group and family psychic apparatus, highlighting the sensorial and intersensorial aspects in the formations of ties and in the singular experience of existence. In order to illustrate the discussion proposed, we present a clinical vignette of psychoanalytic family therapy. In conclusion, we suggest that the family psyche emerges from intersubjectivity by means of intersensoriality, and further that it is based on the experience of primitive anxieties and the human need for belonging.