Aparna Sagaram, LMFT joins us to discuss the unique lived experience of adult children of immigrant parents. She shares her expertise in navigating the immigrant family systems and discusses the challenges of having emotionally unavailable parents. We discuss family core beliefs and values, overcoming shame and guilt, and learning how to set boundaries.

Aparna Sagaram is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. She identifies as a second-generation South Asian woman. She specializes in working with children of immigrants and immigrant family dynamics. She also specializes in working with couples navigate relationship issues related to identity, inner child, and culture through an anti-racism lens.

Find Aparna on IG and stay tuned to her upcoming webinars:

https://www.instagram.com/reflectionswithatherapist/

Books mentioned in this episode:

Adult Children of Emotionally Unavailable Parents- Lindsay C. Gibson PsyD

https://amzn.to/30oVKzF

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