Adolescents in out-of-home care generally have poor prospects for reunification with their birth families. However, for some adolescents in care, with deliberate support and intervention, there may opportunities for successful reunification. The Adolescent Reunification Program (ARP) is an Australian program designed to assist young people aged 12–17 years return home to their families. The program focuses on supporting families, mentoring young people so as to meet their developmental and educational needs, and providing a safe home environment. It also included an innovative therapeutic component which focused on addressing the consequences of intergenerational trauma in order to help repair relationships between parents and children. The purpose of this paper is to describe the therapeutic component of the program and to examine the potential value of therapy in a family reunification context with a particular focus on client receptivity and preliminary evidence on outcomes. Using case illustrations, this paper describes the therapeutic component of the ARP and provides a preliminary evaluation of these components using a mixed methods approach, including standardised psychological assessments, qualitative interviews with parents and young people, and reflections from the program workers. The therapeutic component of the ARP may have helped to break the cycle of intergenerational trauma by bringing focus to the interrelationships between how people feel and how they act. This was done through the work of therapists attempting to combine non-judgmental exploration and positive therapeutic framing with practical support within the context of the environment where the family reunification occurred. Therapy in conjunction with practical supports within a multidisciplinary collaborative approach may help to facilitate better outcomes for reunification when working with complex families.

接受家庭外照料的青少年与出生家庭团聚的前景通常很差。然而，对于一些接受照料的青少年，在有意的支持和干预下，可能会有成功团聚的机会。青少年团聚计划 (ARP) 是澳大利亚的一项计划，旨在帮助 12 至 17 岁的年轻人返回家人身边。该计划的重点是支持家庭，指导年轻人以满足他们的发展和教育需求，并提供安全的家庭环境。它还包括一个创新的治疗组成部分，该组成部分侧重于解决代际创伤的后果，以帮助修复父母与子女之间的关系。本文的目的是描述该计划的治疗组成部分，并检查治疗在家庭团聚背景下的潜在价值，特别关注客户的接受度和结果的初步证据。本文使用案例说明描述了 ARP 的治疗组成部分，并使用混合方法对这些组成部分进行了初步评估，包括标准化心理评估、对父母和年轻人的定性访谈以及项目工作人员的反思。ARP 的治疗成分可能通过关注人们的感受和行为之间的相互关系，帮助打破代际创伤的循环。这是通过治疗师的工作完成的，他们试图在发生家庭团聚的环境中将非评判性探索和积极的治疗框架与实际支持结合起来。在与复杂的家庭一起工作时，治疗与多学科协作方法中的实际支持相结合可能有助于促进更好的团聚结果。