Yes. My child was also forced to. It's with the reunification therapist and any form of reunification or any time parental alienation is brought up. When the child feels scared and they don't want to hug or show affection, or to tell the non-preferred parent that they love them, that is seen as alienation done by the preferred parent. That is used against us in family court.
I'm not too sure in terms of prevention, but removing the reunification therapy, as we've all spoken about, and all the remedies associated with parental alienation that are currently being used...also, as Witness 2 mentioned, having lawyers to properly advocate for the children to express their views and wishes.