In order to overcome the remarkable hostility of a severely alienated child toward his/her target parent, a vigorous, rigorous, disciplined and focused intervention is required. As most severely alienated children have held staunch positions against any relationship with their target parent for years, traditional therapies, where the parties are asked to examine the past and discern “the truth,” end up failing as the children balk at accepting responsibility and “losing face.” The problem of traditional therapies with this population is compounded by the continued presence of the alienating parent in the child’s life, whose own disrespect of court orders and unremitting manipulation of the child sabotages efforts at reunification. Rather, effective reunification of families suffering from severe parental alienation requires a different approach. Family Bridges’ unique focus on education in critical thinking and conflict resolution, combined with a temporary separation from the alienating parent, has proven staggeringly successful in repairing these relationships—with immediate significant improvements that last for years.
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