Reunification Works, LLC

Reunification can be a difficult and prolonged process. It involves the entire family system to be effective. This requires many hours of work supporting family members through the process. The experience or narrative of each child, parent, and extended family member needs to be respected toward a resolution. One that ideally normalizes the relationship and parenting time with the child and the resisted parent, and lowers conflict between the parents so children are kept out of the middle. Established research in the family law field recognizes the value of experiential therapies as a modality that can more rapidly help families overcome severe resist / refuse dynamics and other parent-child contact problems. Mind-Body oriented approaches may be particularly powerful in helping clients navigate and overcome anxiety, distrust, and distress around reintegrating a family. For this reason, I am recommending LifeSTREAM Therapy LLC, headed by Russell Chamberlain, LCSW as an option for therapeutic interventions to help in the reunification effort. Russell is strictly a resource for outpatient therapy to support one or more individuals within the family system. He will not be involved in legal matters, court testimony, parenting time, or reunification specific interventions. 

Please consider Russell Chamberlain as an excellent resource for non-conventional interventions that work out of the box to promote healing. Russell Chamberlain is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor III with 30 years experience with youth, families and parents. He is also the parent of young adult old twins (a boy and girl). He may be reached at:

Web: lifestreamtherapy.net
Call / Text: 503.966.4602 (Note calls go direct to voicemail)
Fax: 503.379.0068
Email: russell@lifestreamtherapy.net
Mailing Address: PO Box 125, West Linn, OR 97068

His therapy approach seeks to support healing through experiencing a felt sense of safety in connection. He provides a variety of active and experiential modalities.

The work is built with psycho-education on Interpersonal Neurobiology, Attachment Theory and PolyVagal theory. Clients will do more than talk about their lives and relationships. They will practice and receive immediate feedback, live and in person.

Three step process to:

1. Awareness in being present to the physiological, cognitive, behavioral and emotional response in each moment.

2. Self compassion for whatever is coming up in this moment

3. Mindful choice in action.

• Move from constant “why” to initial awareness of “what”.

• Being vs. Doing.

• Forgive selves for past poor decisions and behavior.

• Increase patience and understanding with others.

• Understand the reality of the nervous systems unconscious protective response to a stressor.