It's Heart Work: Being The Village That Raises A Child, by Evelyn L. Polk, LMFT

It's Heart Work: Being The Village That Raises A Child, by Evelyn L. Polk, LMFT

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“It's Heart Work: Being The Village That Raises A Child" is a memoir in which "Ms. Evelyn" shares the joys and pains of counseling, mentoring, parenting,and caring for youth impacted by the circumstances of separation from their biological parents. Her experiences and insights will provide a different perspective and understanding of the mind and "heart set" that underlies the sense of indifference, resistance, anger, and/or rejection they may experience from the children/youth they are reaching out to. She, and some of the youth (now adults) she's worked with, share some of the ways in which she was able to make heart connections which helped them to embrace and channel their pain into dreams; as well as the struggles she endured in loving the sons she brought into her heart and her home. Readers will be able to identify, validate, and learn how to take care of their own emotions and well-being, and not lose their minds or selves in the process of trying to "be the village" that raises a child and loves them through.

Evelyn Polk, affectionately called and referred to by many youth and families as "Ms. Evelyn", " Ms. E " or "The Heart Lady" , is the Founder and Director of For A Child's H.E.A.R.T., Inc., a non-profit organization located in Vallejo, CA which provides counseling and support services for foster/adoptive youth and their caregivers. She is also the producer/host of the television talk show "Visions For A Child's Heart". She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has been in private practice for 17 years, and has worked for 30 years in the field of Human Services, serving in various agencies and positions as a Social Worker in the Department of Social Services, Counselor in Residential Treatment, and Therapist in Day Treatment, Substance Abuse, Sexual Abuse, and Outpatient Mental Health Programs. One of the most valued experiences Ms. E brings to her work, however, is her personal experience and commitment as a single foster and adoptive parent.