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[quote=Anonymous]Does reunification therapy work?
Does anyone have experience with this? 
What was your outcome?

My ex has kept the kids from me and we have been in court over it for about half a year. The psychologist, parenting facilitator, lawyers have decided that my ex has alienated the kids from me. It only took fifteen thousand dollars for the experts to figure that out. Now they are recommending reunification therapy which is not covered by medical insurance. I've spoken with 7 or 8 therapists that do this sort of thing and I've had had 2 of them tell me flat out that it doesn't work. Many others had various excuses for not wanting to take the case.

The problem is that its not just the past 6 months of damage. Their mom has been influencing them for the past 7 years following the divorce. It has been an ongoing struggle.

I'm wondering if it just might be better for the kids to not try and force them to every come back to my house and rather negotiate some sort of arrangement where I at least get to speak with them on the phone and maybe do dinner in public once a month. I'm actually nervous about being alone with the kids because I don't know what they might accuse me of (or rather what their mom might say).

The hope is I could keep communication open and maybe when they grow up they will have a change of heart.

Thoughts?[/quote]

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