In this article we present a discursive analysis of how immigrant family members relationally recognize and co‐articulate with each other's preferred cultural memberships during family therapy conversations. This article draws from a qualitative study of family therapy conversations with a sample of sixteen video‐recorded sessions with nine immigrant families and their therapists, and from separate interviews with each family member. Selected segments of therapy conversations and subsequent individual interviews were transcribed verbatim for the analysis. We show exemplars of how therapists help immigrant family members move beyond dis‐preferred cultural membership ascriptions (i.e. misrecognition) by foregrounding cultural identities family members deem more appropriate. We conclude by discussing how this preference‐animated research can be useful for practitioners to help immigrant family members co‐construct cultural identities that suit them better as individuals and members of a family. Practitioner points Misrecognition occurs when immigrant family members’ preferred cultural identities are disregarded or not acknowledged in family conversations and interactions By foregrounding cultural identities at play in family therapy, practitioners can facilitate dialogues helping family members recognize preferred cultural identities Discursive research methods may enhance therapists’ awareness of how discursive negotiations of cultural identities influence family members’ relationships 移民家庭成员在家庭治疗对话中处理文化身份偏好：一项话语分析研究 在这篇文章中, 我们开展了一项话语分析, 说明移民家庭成员如何在家庭治疗对话中关系式地认识和共同表达彼此的文化身份偏好。本文基于一项关于家庭治疗对话的定性研究中与九个移民家庭及其治疗师进行的十六次会面的视频资料, 以及与每个家庭成员的单独采访。其中一些治疗对话和随后的个人访谈被逐段转录用于分析。我们展示了治疗师如何帮助移民家庭成员超越不喜欢的文化成员身份（即错误认知）, 强调家庭成员认为更合适的文化身份。我们最后讨论这种由偏好激发的研究, 如何有助于从业者帮助移民家庭成员共同塑造更适合作为个人和家庭成员的自我的文化身份。 对实务工作者的启示 当移民家庭成员的文化身份偏好在家庭对话和互动中被忽视或未得到承认时, 错误认知便会产生 通过在家庭治疗中突出文化身份, 实务工作者可以促进对话, 帮助家庭成员认识到文化身份偏好 话语研究方法可能会增强治疗师对文化身份对话如何影响家庭成员关系的认知 关键词：文化身份；移民家庭；家庭治疗；话语分析；社会建构主义。