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Couples Therapy for Parenting Differences in Santa Monica & Los Angeles
Parenting differences are one of the most common and most corrosive sources of conflict in couples. When two parents disagree on discipline, routines, priorities, or how to respond to a child’s behavior, the resulting tension can spill over into every area of the relationship.
Dr. Sally Hackman, PhD, MFT, is uniquely positioned to help with this challenge. As a specialist in both couples counseling and child and adolescent psychotherapy, she understands parenting not just as a relationship issue but as a child development issue — helping couples align their approach in ways that benefit the whole family.
Parenting beliefs and approaches are rooted in each person’s experiences with their parents growing up. Helping couples understand those influences as well as offering guidence in using that understanding to respond to your child based on their needs and capacities at each stage can bring couples into more aligned parenting. Dr. Hackman help couples integrate different beliefs about parenting if they are developmentally appropiate.
Key Points
A United Front for Your Family.
Empowering Resilience
Understand how each partner's own upbringing shapes their parenting instincts — and how to use that understanding to build a shared approach that you both believe in.
Healing Space
A safe space to discuss the sensitive, sometimes painful topic of parenting without it becoming another fight — and to reach the level of mutual understanding needed to parent as a team.
Transformative Support
Dr. Hackman brings 35+ years of child and family therapy expertise to couples parenting work — so the guidance is grounded in what actually helps children thrive, not just what reduces adult conflict.
OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU
Your Relationship Matters.
Children thrive when they experience their parents as a united, secure team. Working through parenting differences in therapy protects both the couple relationship and the children’s wellbeing.
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First Session Free If You Don't Return
FAQ
Common Questions
Very different upbringings are one of the most common sources of parenting disagreement — and one of the most workable. Dr. Hackman helps couples understand where each partner's instincts come from and build a shared philosophy from there.
Usually not in couples sessions — but Dr. Hackman also offers child and adolescent psychotherapy and parent consultation separately, which can complement couples work when the whole family is affected.