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[quote=Anonymous]I would do anything I can to not have my kids end up in reunification therapy. Reunification therapy is basically the kids being gaslit by the therapist and the dad at the same time.

Reunification therapists use a lot of tolerance where the kids are forced to tolerate time and interaction at the level they can just barely handle, which is then slowly increased. They are constantly uncomfortable and being forced to override their natural (healthy) feelings.

Read the reviews of any reunification therapists - lots of them have kids come back as adults and write terrible really sad and awful reviews about exactly what the process did to them heart mind and soul.

I went through a family law experience personally. My kids endured 3 different assessing psychologists. Their dad's motivations were not relationship based. I then worked with family law lawyers and assessing psychologists years after. It's awful from both angles.

Show you're doing something. Like keep a log of what you do - I listed things like when I asked the kids if they wanted to call him and what they said. I listed random things the kids said. I listed things I supported like pictures or gifts they had. I noted how I supported and optimized conditions for supervised visits when those were happening.

You can't build a relationship between them, that's his job. It sounds like he thinks you can just make it happen, or that it's in your power. He needs to take responsibility.

My most success in court was highlighted the abusive and unhealthy patterns but also his total lack of responsibility taking or understanding that the situation he created was entirely his doing (he wanted to blame me).[/quote]

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