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Jane: He's been pressuring me to see them for a long time. I have also been pressuring myself. It's just not that easy when you're not feeling well.
(He = Jane's ex-husband)
(Them = Jane's and her ex-husband's children)
Context: Jane has had and is having a depression so she hasn't seen her children a lot as she has been suffering.
Question: Can I use "for a long time" here even though Jane has seen her children a few times (but far from enough) since she got the depression?
If you want to imply that the visits are not frequent enough than I would say something like:
He's been pressuring me to see them more often for a long time.
This implies that she has seen the children, perhaps even recently, but overall it's not often enough.
Without adding that, it implies that a considerable (long) amount of time has past since the last visit. More than that, it implies she hasn't seen them since the ex-husband first started pressuring her.
I would probably use something like "continuously" instead of "for a long time".
He's been continuously pressuring me to see them.
Or better yet:
He has repeatedly asked me to see them.
