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Family Therapy in West Hills with Julie Klamon, LMFT

Julie Klamon LMFT, family therapist serving West Hills families

When a family is struggling, you feel it in every room of the house. Dinner gets quiet, or it gets loud. One person stops talking. Another picks every fight. The tension becomes the thing everyone is working around, and no one is doing it well. Family therapy in West Hills gives your family a structured place to deal with what is actually going on, with a licensed professional who keeps the conversation productive instead of letting it spiral.

I have been a licensed marriage and family therapist for more than 20 years, and family dynamics are at the center of what I do. I have worked with families in steady, low-grade conflict and families in full crisis. What runs through all of it is a simple belief: families can change how they treat each other when they have the right support.

My office is in Agoura Hills, about 25 minutes from West Hills on the 101 West. Virtual family sessions are also available for families anywhere in California.

Family Therapy for the West Hills Community

West Hills is built around family life. People move to this part of the Valley for the space, the quieter streets, and the schools, and they tend to raise their kids here for the long haul. That stability is a real asset. It also means families carry their patterns for years, and the same friction can repeat itself across a decade without anyone naming it. By the time parents call me, the issue is rarely a single blowup. It is a way of relating that stopped working a while ago.

The everyday pressures here are real too. Parents commuting out of the neighborhood for work and coming home with little left in the tank. Kids managing the social and academic load at schools like El Camino Real Charter High School. Multi-generational households where a grandparent, parents, and children are all under one roof with different needs. My Agoura Hills office is close enough to be convenient and far enough to give families a sense of privacy from their own community.

My Approach to Family Therapy

Family therapy works differently than individual therapy. Instead of focusing on one person, we look at the relationships and patterns between everyone in the family. Often the problem is not that one person is causing all the trouble. It is that the family has settled into habits of communicating, or not communicating, that leave everyone frustrated and unheard. My job is to help you see those patterns, understand where they came from, and start replacing them with something that works. You can read more on my family therapy page.

Sessions may include the whole family or different combinations of family members, depending on what we are working on. I keep things practical. The point is not to relitigate every argument from the past five years. It is to build new ways of talking to each other so the next five years feel different.

How Family Sessions Are Different

Family therapy is not the same as everyone going to individual therapy on their own. When I work with a family, I pay attention to what happens between people, not just inside them: how a conversation escalates, who shuts down first, how decisions get made or quietly avoided. Those patterns are usually invisible to the people living inside them, but they show up clearly in a session. Once a family can see what it is doing, it can start doing something different. That is where the change happens.

Who I Work With

Children (8+)

Teens

Adults

Seniors

Frequently Asked Questions About Family Therapy in West Hills

Family therapy addresses communication breakdowns, parent-child conflict, the impact of divorce or separation, behavioral concerns in children or teens, blended family dynamics, and the strain of caring for older relatives. Every family arrives with a different situation, and I shape the work around your specific concerns.

Not necessarily. Some sessions work best with the whole family present. Others are more productive with just the parents, or with a parent and one child. I adjust the format based on what we are working on. The goal is always to improve how your family functions together, and sometimes that means meeting with different combinations of people.

Individual therapy focuses on one person's experience. Family therapy looks at the relationships between family members and the patterns that have built up over time. Often the issue is not that one person is the problem, but that the family has fallen into ways of communicating that leave everyone frustrated. Family therapy helps you see those patterns clearly and replace them with something that works better for everyone.

Yes. When a child is acting out, it is usually a signal that something in the family system needs attention. That does not mean anyone is to blame. It means the child is communicating through behavior because they do not have another way to express what they feel. Family therapy helps identify what is driving it and gives every family member tools to respond differently.

My office in Agoura Hills is about 25 minutes from West Hills via the 101 West. I also offer virtual family sessions for families located anywhere in California, which can make it easier to get everyone together around busy schedules.

In-Person and Virtual Family Therapy Near West Hills

My office in Agoura Hills, CA 91301 is an easy drive for in-person family therapy near West Hills. I also see families from neighboring communities, including Woodland Hills, CA, Calabasas, CA, and Canoga Park, CA. Virtual family sessions are available for families located anywhere in California.

If your family is stuck in patterns that are not working, there is a way through. Schedule a complimentary phone consultation and we can talk about what your family is dealing with and how I might be able to help.

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818-403-5439

28310 Roadside Dr. #249
Agoura Hills, CA 91301

Offering Virtual And in person Sessions