Reunification Therapy

CLE Approved 1 Hour

SW CEU Approved 1.5 Hours

LPC CEU Pending

AN INTRODUCTION TO UNDERSTANDING REUNIFICATION THERAPY (1.5 hours)

When families have strained and fractured relationship structures causing children to be estranged from their parents, specific considerations and therapy are involved in helping repair these relationships. This presentation involves a research-based introduction to reunification therapy and discussing some of the approaches involved in reunification. The presentation includes defining the therapist’s role and describing cooperation with legal professionals and the court. The presentation discusses important considerations to promote child best interest and positive parenting relationships in a effort for participants to understand and more effectively work with families with estranged children.

Presented By: Kendall LeJeune, MA, LPC-S

Kendall LeJeune earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts Degree in Psychology from the McNeese State with emphasis in counseling and appraisal. Since 1994, he has provided social services, mental health intervention, and counseling to various populations with clinical conditions.  He is a licensed by the State of Louisiana as a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Provisional Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor. He is credentialed with Appraisal Privileges for conducting testing and screening. He has been credentialed in Parenting Coordination/Facilitation and Family and Divorce Mediation since 2014. He has received training to conduct Parenting Plan Evaluations (custody evaluations). He has been qualified as an expert witness in professional counseling and parenting coordination/facilitation in civil and criminal proceedings in several State of Louisiana Judicial District Courts.

Objectives

Participants will identify the concepts and differences between reunification therapy and other therapy. Participants will identify the limitations of therapeutic scope, basic therapeutic strategies, and barriers related to reunification therapy. Participants will develop a better understanding how to approach and treat a family in need of reunification therapy.