Co-Parenting Therapy in Tarzana
Co-Parenting Therapy in Tarzana with Julie Klamon, LMFT
When parents split up in Tarzana, the day-to-day rarely stops to let anyone catch their breath. There is still the Ventura Boulevard commute, the pickup line, the weekend handoff, and a dozen small decisions that used to get sorted at the kitchen table and now have to cross between two homes. Co-parenting therapy is where you build a way to handle all of that without it turning into a fight every time.
I am a licensed marriage and family therapist, and I have spent more than 20 years helping parents who were stuck in the same loop of tense texts and missed signals. The aim is not to make you friends with your ex. It is to make the parenting partnership work well enough that your kids stop feeling the strain.
My office is in Agoura Hills, about 25 minutes from Tarzana on the 101 West. If the drive or your schedule is a problem, virtual sessions are available to anyone in California.
Co-Parenting in the Tarzana Community
Tarzana runs like a small town tucked inside the Valley. Kids often land at the same LAUSD campuses as their friends, families cross paths along Ventura Boulevard, and weekends circle back to the same spots like the Tarzana Recreation Center. After a separation, that familiarity cuts both ways. It is comforting, but it also means you are likely to keep running into each other and into people who know your story. Parents tell me they worry about the drop-off line, about what other families have heard, and about how their kids are carrying it socially.
Then there is the machinery of two households. Pickup at Tarzana Elementary, the schedule shift when a child moves up to Portola Middle School, activities scattered across the week, and holidays that have to be divided fairly all depend on the two of you communicating cleanly. When that breaks down, the kids absorb the slack. We use the sessions to get those moving parts onto a plan you can both live with.
What Co-Parenting Therapy Addresses
Co-parenting work tends to cluster around the same pressure points. Communication that stays usable instead of escalating. The logistics of moving children and their stuff between two homes on a predictable schedule. Rules and expectations that line up closely enough across houses that bedtimes, screens, and homework do not become a battleground. And lowering the conflict your kids are exposed to, which matters more for their adjustment than almost anything else.
What we are not doing is reworking the marriage. This is about you as parents, not as a former couple. Keeping that line clear is part of what lets both people show up and actually engage.
How Co-Parenting Therapy Works
We start with the exchanges that go wrong most often and break them down one by one. Sometimes the fix is a simple written agreement about how and when the two of you communicate. Sometimes there is leftover anger that needs somewhere to go so it stops bleeding into every message about pickup. We work at whatever pace fits your situation. There is more about how I practice on my co-parenting therapy page.
Your children never attend, but they are the ones who feel the difference. Kids read the tone of a clipped phone call and the comment muttered at dinner. When that tension drops, the relief usually shows up fast, in their mood, their sleep, and how they behave at school.
Who I Work With
Both Parents Together
One Parent Individually
Parents in Blended Families
Frequently Asked Questions About Co-Parenting Therapy in Tarzana
We focus on the practical mechanics of raising children across two homes: clearer communication, a workable schedule between households, consistent rules, and less conflict overall. Sessions are for the adults and are built around the situations that cause you the most friction, with the goal of keeping your kids steady in both homes.
My Agoura Hills office is about 25 minutes from Tarzana, straight out the 101 West. It sits just off the freeway, which keeps the trip simple, and it is far enough from your immediate neighborhood that therapy stays separate from your day-to-day life.
Yes. School questions are one of the most common things I see Tarzana co-parents fight about, whether it is which LAUSD campus a child attends, the jump from Tarzana Elementary to Portola Middle School, or expectations around grades and activities. We set up a way for the two of you to make those calls together instead of through a standoff.
Absolutely. Joint sessions are often the fastest route, but plenty of parents start solo. You cannot control what the other person does, but you can change how you respond, set limits, and keep your own side of the communication steady, and that alone can shift the whole dynamic.
No. We are not working on the romantic relationship or trying to reconcile anything. The entire focus is the parenting partnership, how you communicate and make decisions for your children. That clear boundary is what makes it easier for both parents to take part.
It is the main reason it works. Children pick up on tension between their parents whether or not anyone says it out loud. When the two of you argue less and coordinate better, your kids feel safer moving between homes, and the change in them is often quick.
In-Person and Virtual Co-Parenting Therapy Near Tarzana
My office is in Agoura Hills, CA 91301, just off the 101. I offer in-person co-parenting therapy to families in Tarzana and the surrounding communities, including Encino, CA, Woodland Hills, CA, and Reseda, CA. Virtual sessions are available to parents anywhere in California.
If the back-and-forth with your co-parent has become exhausting and you want a calmer way to do this, I can help. Schedule a complimentary phone consultation and we can talk through what you are facing.
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