Parenting & Family Support

Guidance for the rules, boundaries, and family dynamics that come with raising kids.

Parenting & Family Support

Being a parent carries a lot of responsibility, and the process can be difficult at times — especially when you are managing behavioral issues, a divorce, blended families, or in-laws who add stress to your relationship. Therapy can help you reinforce rules and set boundaries, improve parent-child communication, and find healthy ways to resolve conflict at home. Support may take the form of one-on-one sessions, family counseling, or a parent group, depending on what fits your family.

What We Help With

Reinforcing rules and setting healthy boundaries
Co-parenting through divorce, infidelity, or blended families
Single parenting, deployment, and limited time together
Supporting a child with a developmental, genetic, or mental health condition

Our Approach

Parenting and family issues are almost always intertwined. Whether you are working through in-laws crossing lines, disagreements about how to raise your children, divorce, infidelity, blended families, or the long stretches of a deployment, the work focuses on improving communication between family members and finding healthy ways to resolve conflict.

Support might look like one-on-one sessions with a therapist, family counseling that includes your child, couples work to align you and your co-parent, or a parent group where you can compare notes with others walking a similar road. We help you set clear boundaries, reinforce rules consistently, and model the kind of communication you want your kids to learn.

Meet the Therapists

Our team members who specialize in this area.

Portrait of Dr. Rose Hanna
Dr. Rose HannaPsy.D., LMFT

Dr. Hanna is an interactive, insight-oriented individual and couples therapist with over 20 years of experience, specializing in postpartum depression, relationship counseling, parenting, depression, and anxiety.

Couples Therapy
Postpartum Depression
Parenting
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Portrait of Margita Kapustova

Margita is passionate about helping individuals, children, and couples find deeper self-understanding and personal growth. She takes a compassionate, collaborative approach to help clients reach their authentic goals.

Family Therapy
Children & Families
Parenting
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Portrait of Ruya Urso
Ruya UrsoM.A., LMFT

Ruya is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist offering supportive, strength-based therapy with extensive experience in trauma, anxiety, depression, and family issues across diverse backgrounds.

Trauma & PTSD
Anxiety
Depression
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Portrait of Socorro Elias

Socorro brings over 10 years of therapeutic experience with adults, couples, children, and families. She uses a client-centered collaborative approach drawing on CBT, trauma-focused therapy, and attachment-based modalities.

Depression
Anxiety
Family Therapy
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Portrait of Esthela Alarcon-Teagle

Esthela brings a personalized, trauma-informed approach and over 25 years in communications. Bilingual in English and Spanish, she specializes in anxiety, depression, and family counseling for Long Beach's diverse community.

Anxiety
Depression
Family Therapy
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