According to the client's brother, “Dad never mentioned his dad, he only said he left him when he was two years old” (personal communication, October 1, 2015). As for the client's father's mother, she moved from the Philippines to the United States in 1954 and remarried. The client's father was reunited with his mother in the United States three years later. The client's father has always had a good relationship with his mother; he always wanted the best for her (Dad, personal communication, October 2, 2015). However, the absence of a child's father could affect the child's emotional and mental growth into adulthood (Balcom, 1998). An individual who was abandoned by his father when he was young has difficulty “sustaining long-term relationships,” “recognizing his feelings,” and being “expressive” with his partners and children (Balcom, 1998). The client's brother concluded that the father's ability to disengage with his children may be due to his father's abandonment (Brother, personal communication, September 29,