Court Ordered Reunification: A How To Guide
It’s not easy to get a judge to order therapy for you and your alienated child, but if you are fortunate enough to have this opportunity you don’t want to waste it! This presentation will describe why you want to ask the court to order a special kind of treatment called Reunification Therapy. It will discuss what you need to know before going to court, how to choose a qualified Reunification therapist, and what a good therapeutic reunification process should look like between you and your child. We will discuss the differences in treating mild, moderate, to severe alienation cases, and address the question of how long you should stay in regular reunification therapy before asking the court for a more intense level of treatment. Finally, we will look at how you treat severe alienation cases.
In my work with alienated parents, they often present as anxious,
agitated, angry, and afraid. What is often not understood by
others is how they have experienced extreme trauma in
attempting to manage an unfathomable family crisis that has
caused them such grief and loss. Helping these parents
understand and make sense of trauma can be an extremely
complexed process. Trauma can be a cruel destructive force, or a
vehicle for soaring to the heights of transformation. The paradox
of trauma is that it has both the power to destroy, and the power
to transform. In this workshop we will discuss the various types of
trauma that affect alienated parents and their families, the effects
of trauma on the body and mind, the most effective forms of
treatment, 5 major misconceptions, and how the duel nature of
trauma can lead to Post Traumatic Growth.
Lisa Rothfus is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has worked with families and children in private practice for over 35 years She earned her
Master’s degree in Social Work from Simmons School of Social
Work in Boston, Massachusetts Interned at two Harvard teaching
hospitals Post master's training in Structural Family Therapy at
Cambridge Family Institute in Boston, Massachusetts Specializes
in counseling families transitioning through all stages of divorce
and high conflict family situations Assesses and treats families
affected by Parental Alienation, and offers mild, moderate, and
severe Reunification Therapy Appointed by the courts in
numerous Texas counties to assess and provide counseling for
families experiencing alienation or estrangement issues Worked
as a Guardian Ad Litem, Mediator, and Parent Facilitator/
Coordinator in the Texas Courts Appointed as a Reunification
Therapist for families out of states if a child resides in Texas
Offers a 4-day Intensive Reunification Program out of Austin,
Texas for severely alienated parents who have been awarded
custody by the court of their alienated child. This program
requires a “no Contact order”, and is a combination of structural
family therapy, psychoeducational information, experiential
therapy, and includes an extensive aftercare protocol for the
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