Family courts harm children when they base decisions on the questionable concepts of parental alienation and reunification therapy. This is the main thrust of Jean Mercer’s excellent new book, Someone ...

AUSTIN, Texas (The Texas Tribune) - Abbey O’Brien, 18, went to the Texas Capitol in May to publicly support lawmakers’ attempt to restrict a type of family therapy a court ordered her to participate ...

We wouldn’t send a soldier with severe PTSD back to war, so why are family courts sending children back to parents who have sexually abused them? Children who have been sexually abused by a parent or ...

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Tiffanie O'Brien, right, and her daughter, Abbey, in their neighbors home near Lake Austin on Aug. 8, 2025. Both women testified in favor of banning reunification therapy, a form of court-ordered ...

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Abbey O’Brien, 18, went to the Texas ...