Dina Lohan News: Lindsay Lohan's Mom Discloses Why She Joined 'Family Therapy' (VIDEO)

By R. Siva Kumar - 01 Apr '16 14:23PM

When Dina divorced her husband Michael Lohan in a dramatic 2007 divorce that splashed the tabloids, their daughter, actress Lindsay Lohan, just teetered off control when she fell into substance abuse. But currently, the couple has decided to get back together and fix their co-parenting relationship so that they can look after their four children.

Dina and Michael have thus agreed to rejoin VH1's "Family Therapy with Dr. Jenn."

They will take part in an intensive three-week therapy program, with Dr. Jenn Mann as the head. He helps celebrity couples to solve problems through VH1's "Couples Therapy". There are plans for groups as well as one-on-one therapy sessions that will work on their differences so that they can project to be a strong parental united front for 29-year-old Lindsay, 28-year-old Michael, 22-year-old Aliana and 19-year-old Dakota.

Dina talked about the reasons that prompted her to join the show.

"I decided to do 'Family Therapy' because I'm a firm believer in timing, and I really feel that it was right now to do it," Dina, 53, explains.

"My children are older - they've seen the pain, the hurt, they've read the tabloids," she continues. "They were almost pushing me to do it and happy that I was able to heal through this. I decided to sign up with my ex Michael because I'm a victim of domestic abuse. I needed to look him in the eyes and let him know what happened. I just needed him to hear my words, not necessarily admission or anything from him - I just needed to do it to get it out."

She believed that therapy would prove to be a "win-win" situation for all the participants. She also wanted Michael to take up and solve his personal issues in order to emerge stronger for the sake of the children. Having faced a continuously negative media focus, she said she hoped she could show her situation in a better light.

"I try to stay positive," Dina says about the tabloids. "Whatever they're gonna say, they're gonna say, and we have a thick skin now and I don't really care. Lindsay would say... I'd be like, 'I can't believe they just said that.' She's like, 'Mommy, look what they say about me. Don't worry about it, like, we got this.' You just become deflective of it."

The three-week program with Dr. Jenn has really helped her, she feels. "I feel like I'm free from the pain," she says.

Watch "Family Therapy with Dr. Jenn" Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on VH1.