diff --git a/autogen/agentchat/contrib/reasoning_agent.py b/autogen/agentchat/contrib/reasoning_agent.py
index edd7427b70..34dd9be2bd 100644
--- a/autogen/agentchat/contrib/reasoning_agent.py
+++ b/autogen/agentchat/contrib/reasoning_agent.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 import re
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Literal, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
-from ..agent import Agent
-from ..assistant_agent import AssistantAgent
+from autogen.agentchat.agent import Agent
+from autogen.agentchat.assistant_agent import AssistantAgent
 
 EPSILON = 1e-6
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 **Format of Output:**
 
-**Reflection**
+REFLECTION:
 *Give a few sentence reflections on the previous steps, what are wrong and what are good.*
 
 **Possible Options:**
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ def to_dict(self) -> Dict:
             "content": self.content,
             "value": self.value,
             "depth": self.depth,
+            "reflection": self.reflection,
             "visits": self.visits,
             "children": [child.to_dict() for child in self.children],
         }
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ def from_dict(cls, data: Dict, parent: Optional["ThinkNode"] = None) -> "ThinkNo
         node.value = data["value"]
         node.depth = data["depth"]
         node.visits = data["visits"]
+        node.reflection = data.get("reflection", "")
 
         # Recursively create children
         for child_data in data["children"]:
@@ -594,9 +596,9 @@ def expand(self, node: ThinkNode) -> List:
             silent=not self.verbose,
         )
         reply = self.thinker.last_message()["content"].strip()
-        reflection = re.findall(r"Reflection:(.+?)Possible Options:", reply, re.DOTALL)
+        reflection = re.findall(r"REFLECTION:\s*(.+?)(?=\*\*Possible Options:\*\*|Option \d+:|$)", reply, re.DOTALL)
         if reflection:
-            node.reflection = reflection[0].strip().rstrip()
+            node.reflection += str(reflection[0].strip())
         # Extract options from reply using regex:
         # - Matches text between "Option N:" and either next "Option N:" or end of string
         # - (?=...) is a lookahead to match option boundary without including it
@@ -623,7 +625,7 @@ def generate_lats_response(self, messages, sender, config=None):
 
         # Helper function to determine if we should continue searching
         def should_continue(node, iteration):
-            if self._root.is_solved():
+            if self._root.is_solved:
                 return False
             if iteration >= self.lats_max_iterations:
                 return False
@@ -659,9 +661,9 @@ def should_continue(node, iteration):
                 candidates = re.findall(
                     r"Option \d+:(.+?)(?=Option \d+:|$)", self.thinker.last_message()["content"].strip(), re.DOTALL
                 )
-
                 for candidate in candidates[: self.lats_num_candidates]:
                     child = ThinkNode(content=candidate.strip(), parent=current)
+                    self.expand(child)
                     # Evaluate candidate and backpropagate
                     reward = self.rate_node(child, ground_truth)
                     child.backpropagate(reward)