Finding His Mom's Lost Father

Tony’s Vietnamese mom didn't talk much about her father, a Black American soldier who fought in the Vietnam War but whom she never really knew. So Tony decided to find him. And marriage and family therapist Thien Pham who works with adult children of Amerasians and refugees speaks with Juleyka about respecting our parents’ trauma while trying to understand our family history, and finding peace when we don’t have answers.

Our expert this week is Thien Pham, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in California. Learn more about her work here.

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