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Family Bridges Program
Frequently Asked Questions

Is Family Bridges offering workshops during the Covid-19 pandemic?
How do I enroll with my children in Family Bridges?
Where is Family Bridges conducted?
When is Family Bridges conducted?
Are Families ordered by the court to participate in Family Bridges?
Is Family Bridges therapy or counseling?
Are professionals who offer the Family Bridges workshop formally affiliated in a group practice?
Does a family go through Family Bridge alone, or is the program conducted for a group of families?
Do all siblings participate in Family Bridges, or just those severely alienated?
Can a stepparent or grandparent participate in the workshop?
Who pays for Family Bridges?
Does Family Bridges separate children from one of their parents?
Are children isolated when participating in a Family Bridges workshop?
Do most children choose to attend a Family Bridges workshop?
Are children "deprogrammed" in Family Bridges?
How do children experience Family Bridges?
Is there any state regulation of Family Bridges workshops?
Does Family Bridges have any risks?
  • Family Bridges workshops are offered throughout the United States, Canada, and abroad, with an increasing number of independent practitioners being trained to provide the workshop.
  • The workshop is usually scheduled close to the date on which a court issues orders regarding the children’s living arrangements.
  • Most workshop participants come to the program with prior failed attempts at counseling. Instead the workshop provides an educational experience based on scientifically established concepts and procedures.
  • Leaders of the Family Bridges workshop have been trained to conduct the workshop and those without such training cannot label their services as Family Bridges.
  • Family Bridges is a fee-for-service program paid for by the parent who participates in the workshop.
What Judges, Parents, and Children Say About Building Family Bridges™
Nothing short of remarkable. ~ An Ontario Superior Court Justice
describing children’s progress after participating in Family Bridges
Ontario Superior Court
What Judges, Parents, and Children Say About Building Family Bridges™
“There has been a 180 degree shift in the children’s attitudes.
Both children are now saying kind things about me.”

Formerly alienated mother
What Judges, Parents, and Children Say About Building Family Bridges™
“She could only attribute [the child]’s amazing progress to the intervention
and not being subjected to the push and pull of the parents.”
– Appellate court decision
Court of Appeals
What Judges, Parents, and Children Say About Building Family Bridges™
“[The child] has transformed from a sad and depressed girl who rarely ventured out into the world, had few
friends, and hid behind Goth makeup, to an engaged and active participant in her own life. . .” – Report of a
guardian ad litem
Guardian ad litem
What Judges, Parents, and Children Say About Building Family Bridges™

“It was almost as though they had never been alienated.”

Formerly alienated father
The Family Bridges Workshop is a structured, four-day education experience to help alienated children and a rejected parent begin restoring a positive relationship in a relaxed setting.
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