There are two main reasons counseling isn't an option (as much as I would like it to be)
1. My girlfriend says its not needed. "Everything's Fine" her favorite saying
2. The two had supervised counseling with their father. I watched sam and pen scare Ryan with " if you don't listen, he'll take you away. I listened as they rehursed lies and as they told Ryan not to even talk just walk out. He misses his real father but the other two hate him. Ryan's pretty smart and his memory is pretty good.
it was almost funny listening to sam say" he slammed me into the jeep by my head in may" and her mother saying "okay good" then Ryan saying " we got rid of the jeep long before that and in may we were on vacation"
Sams reply"whatever"(smack)
The reason the father wanted counseling is because of sam and her mother. He thought it might help Ryan.unfortunately sam can cry on demand and it actually hurt his visitation