Since 2024, we have been providing high-quality support groups in Vietnamese on the East Side of San Jose, with monthly groups at the Vietnamese-American Service Center (above) and other locations.
Activating the power of healing through listening
Việt Tâm
Tổ họp tinh thần
- Hi-Quality Support Groups -
tại San Jose
Total client visits: 586
Total sessions provided: 58
Debriefing sessions for facilitators: 22
Total volunteer hours for Việt Tâm: 196
Year: 2024-2025. Client visits are number of non-unique clients times number sessions.
Our Facilitators and Group Leaders
Brandon Hoàng
Nguyễn
Tara
Đặng
Như Điễm Đặng
Jessica Thu Le
Mai-Lam Phạm (ICAN partner)
Thi Trần
(SARC)
Mary Phượng Nguyễn (Ấn Tôn Center)
Chùa Đức Viên
BANYAN TREE FAMILY PROJECT
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Our year-long work to develop a culture-based family relationship building program is coming to fruition.
BANYAN TREE stands for Bridging Ancestry, Nurturing Youth, Advancing a New Tradition of Resilience, Empathy, and Empowerment.
Cultural Quest Foundation is pleased to co-operate with Đức Viên temple to pilot this exciting program for Vietnamese-American parents and youth. Our goal is to erase the cultural conflict between the generations fo the Viet families can enjoy the best of both cultures.
More to come!
Ấn Tôn Thiền Đường
San Jose
Support Groups for Multigenerational Families
2
Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh (1926-2022), a frequent lecturer in San Jose, helped to popularize mindfulness throughout the mental health and medical industries.
Thầy Thích Pháp Hạnh wants to offer this treasured teaching to the local Vietnamese families to improve family life and hence the program Tâm Việt trong Gia Đình was conceived.
Cultural Quest Foundation is pleased to co-lead with Thầy a monthly mindfulness-based multi-family support group, which is slowly gaining recognition in the local community.
International Children's Assistance Network (ICAN)
San Jose
Support Groups for Seniors at the Vietnamese American Resource Center (VASC)
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Từ tháng 3, 2026, trở đi, sinh hoạt có 1 lần mỗi 4 tuần.
From March 2024, meetings are held once every 4 weeks.
Cultural Quest Foundation is pleased to partner with ICAN and co-facilitate with Mai-Lam Phạm, an gifted and dedicated community counselor to provide a "process group" support group to senior Vietnamese citizens at the Vietnamese-American Service Center in San Jose since March 2024.
A "process group" relies on the needs and wisdom of the participants to provide answers and healings to other group members. Every session is a surprise as we discover together to power of healing within.
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Phái nữ U 70
Nhờ nghe được nhiều ý kiến của mọi người mà chúng tôi đã giúp được gia đình được hạnh phúc hơn. Rất cảm ơn chương trình Việt Tâm và mong rằng chương trình này vẫn tiếp tục.
Testimonies / Lời chứng giám
Phái nữ U 60
Chương trình này đã giúp cho tôi được thoải mái đầu óc, quên nổi buồn đau.
Phái Nam, U70
Chương trình này giúp mình bày tỏ nỗi lòng tâm sự những vui buồn trao đổi với bạn bè trong cuộc họp
San Andreas Regional Center
San Jose
Support Groups for Families of Special Needs
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CQF đã ngưng hoạt động trực tiếp và hỗ trợ chị Thi Trần trong việc điều hành phần nhóm họp.
Since 2018, Cultural Quest Foundation has supported the work of San Andreas Regional Center (SARC) which provides critical education and caregiving services to families of persons with developmentally disability.
To meet the needs of the growing Vietnamese community, Thi Tran, MA, manager and Vietnamese speaking staff created special programs such as "Cùng Chung Tiếng Nói" annual conferences and montly meetings to spread information needed by families.
Cultural Quest Foundation co-lead with Thi the support group portion of the program. As of June 2025, Thi will lead the support group portion by herself. We are standing by to support Thi and SARC to maintain this needed program.