It’s a bunch of brehs in here that do not understand court documents
Please use google
Reunification therapy (RT) is a form of family therapy often
court-ordered when a parent-child contact problem has culminated in the child refusing to spend time with one parent. This type of refusal is typically seen in separated or divorced families in which there is a favored parent and a rejected parent.
It is a common mistake to assume this occurs due to parental alienation, as that is only one potential cause of a parent-child relationship rift.
A child may reject a parent due to that parent having said or done things that greatly upset the child, a pathological attachment to an abusive parent, a desire to avoid conflict, an enmeshment with an emotionally dependent or needy parent, and/or a shared delusional belief about one parent with a very disturbed, thought-disordered and powerful parent (this latter possible cause is often referred to as parental alienation). There are many other factors contributing to and sustaining parent-child contact problems, including:
- Intense marital conflict before and after the separation
- Lack of functional co-parenting
- Divorce conflict and litigation
- A humiliating separation
- The personality of the favored parent
- The favored parent’s negative beliefs and behaviors
- The personality of the rejected parent
- The rejected parent’s reaction to the contact problem
- Aligned professionals (teachers, guidance counselors, therapists, attorneys)
- Sibling relationships
- Attitudes and behaviors of extended family members
- The child’s own vulnerability
Research has shown that disrupted parent-child relationships have a negative impact on children of all ages.
Kel was a celebrity who wasn’t involved in his children’s day to day life prior to his divorce. It would be natural for a child to develop a deeper connection to the parent that was there everyday.