Jessica Alba revealed that she is no longer attending therapy sessions with her two daughters as they recently took to the step to start going ‘on their own.’
The Fantastic Four actress, 42, who spilled on the secret to her successful 15-year marriage to Cash Warren, stopped by the BabyList Showroom in Beverly Hills where she opened up to People about her reasoning behind the decision.

‘We’re not doing it together anymore. They’re doing it on their own. They’re older now,’ the star stated of Honor, 15, and Haven, 12.
Along with her daughters, Alba also shares son, Hayes, five, with husband Cash Warren – whom she tied the knot with back in 2008.

In regards to the topic of therapy, the mother of three expressed the importance of ‘tearing down whatever sort of stereotypes or stigmas that may be attached.’
Jessica continued, ‘Especially if you didn’t grow up culturally with [therapy], I’m Mexican American, and we really didn’t grow up with that.’

‘And it was always kind of looked at like there’s something wrong with you, or you don’t want to tell people that you go to a therapist.’
The actress further emphasized the positive side of attending therapy and gushed that, ‘being more connected and self-aware of where you’re at emotionally so that you can thrive. Who doesn’t want that? And to be able to show up for your kids and for yourself, I think that is important.’

Earlier in August, she also told People that her daughters had learned important communication skills during their own therapy sessions.
‘They’re at the age where their therapy is more individual, but it’s given them, I think, a language where they can communicate with me their needs differently,’ she explained.
The Dark Angel star added that it is, ‘nice to be able to give them the tools to be able to understand themselves better and to be able to really articulate their needs.’
Alba later expressed, ‘So now they’re like, “Mom, I want to be able to talk to my therapist and you not always listen in.”‘
During an interview with Glamour UK last year in July, Jessica opened up about attending therapy with her daughters and the positive impact it had on their relationship.
‘I went with both of them. And around puberty is when it’s the time I think, for me, with my girls,’ she told the outlet.
‘That’s when they started to sort of shut down and get really like, “I don’t want to talk any more.” And I’m like, “We’re not doing this. We’ve got to keep a line of communication here.”‘
The Honest Company founder added, ‘”How can I be a better parent to you? How do you want me to talk to you? Don’t shut me out.”‘
She remembered telling her daughters, ‘Look, I’m not perfect. I’m not going to know all the answers, but I want to be a great parent to you. And what you like and don’t is different from what your sister likes and doesn’t like. And I’m going to make mistakes.’
‘Here’s a safe space, you can’t get in trouble – let me know what I’m doing wrong, or what you would like me to do differently. Or how do you want me to discipline you when you do screw up? What does that look like for you?…’
However, after attending sessions together, her two girls have now taken the step to go on their own as they continue to grow older.
Jessica welcomed her three children with husband Cash Warren – whom she first met in 2004 while on the set of the film, Fantastic Four.
Earlier this month, Alba talked about motherhood and sweetly gushed to E! News, ‘I think every stage of parenting has brought me tremendous amount of joy.’
‘My kids school me for sure. They each have their own little needs or what they need from me or what they want from me. I love that they aren’t shy about letting me know.’
While talking about her daughters, she stated, ‘I feel like I’m constantly learning from them, just how to be more connected to my feelings on an ongoing basis because they both need such different things from me.’
Her son Hayes recently started kindergarten and Jessica admitted, ‘This guy, he just runs non-stop, and he just wakes up and he’s on the go.’
‘He’s not self-conscious at all and I love that about him. But then he still has that tender side and likes to cuddle. I love it, I love every second of it.’
Earlier this year in May, Jessica and Cash celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary. However, Cash recently revealed on the Whine Down With Jana Kramer podcast that both he and Jessica had split ‘four years into’ their relationship due to his jealousy.
Warren admitted that when the pair began dating, he ‘was really jealous of other guys and the attention that she was getting from other guys.’
‘It just wasn’t making me feel good,’ he stated. ‘I was always a pretty confident person… And next thing you know, I’m looking up and just feeling jealous all the time.’ His envy led to their break up due to him ‘turning into an a**hole.’
‘We broke up. And during that time apart, I was just, like, if we ever got back together — I, like, made a promise to myself to channel that in a different way, into a more productive way.’
The couple have since enjoyed a long-lasting relationship, and he explained how they deal with arguments and disagreements.
‘When we’re going through those times, we either give each other our space that we need, we talk it out, we maybe go on a date night. You try to do things to get it back. And fortunately, I’ve got a partner who’s kind of right there, lock and step.’

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