Reunification therapy or family reintegration therapy is a family-centered intervention designed to help children reestablish a healthy relationship with both parents after a time of absence from one of the parents. This can be a result of substance abuse, incarceration, DHR involvement or parental alienation- or a combination of these issues. In this unique process, the family therapist helps the parents remove the barriers to reunification and acts as the ambassador for the children. Reunification is typically ordered by the court with a Guardian-ad-Litem in place.