Jessica Alba revealed a secret about her daughters that she had been hiding for many years
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.
