Reunification Counseling

Reunification Counseling

Parent/child reunification counseling can help to address issues of parental alienation. It aims to reintroduce and reinforce the bonds between a parent and child to create a healthy, lasting relationship.

What is parental alienation?

Parental alienation is any behavior by either parent that creates estrangement in the relationship between the other parent and a child. Parental alienation can happen before, during or after a divorce.

Parental alienation can take the form of:

“Brainwashing”

Character insults

Instilling fear of the other parent

Using shame

Showing excessive anger towards the other parent in front of the child

Loss of control

Making alliances with the child against the other parent

Deliberate interference of the children’s relationship with the other parent

Parents that have been the target of parental alienation often feel:

Angry

Hurt

Frustrated

Confused

Helpless

Hopeless

Children that are experiencing Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) exhibit:

Campaign against target parent

Possess weak rationalizations for depreciation of the other parent

Believes ill feelings are their own emotions and thoughts

Support alienating parent, feel as though they can do no wrong

Absence of guilt over cruelty to the alienated parent

Use of other people’s experiences or memories in creating hateful thoughts

Spread of hatred to extended family and friends of the alienated parent

Parent/child Reunification Counseling can help parents and their children improve their relationship.

Please call Daniele & Associates at 630-718-1570 for a free consultation or to make an appointment.