Working with professional counselors and therapists, I’ve realized one thing – they want to put themselves out of job. You don’t counsel your clients to keep them tethered to you, creating in clients a need that they must see you for the rest of their lives. No, you have a heart to help them heal, promoting wellness mentally, physically and spiritually. Your task is to assist them to become healthy, so they can lead a productive, enjoyable life, one filled with acceptance of their past and hopeful of their future. The Can-Do Kids
series is a tool that promotes that journey.
My Body’s Mine
was written at the request of a counselor because she was unable to find an appropriate book for three to eight-year-olds on sexual abuse prevention and body boundaries. As a professional with a thriving client base, mainly in the foster and adopt realm, she shared what basic information she needed in a book. Together we collaborated on every word in the book. Every illustration is specifically drawn so it is relatable for children. Because of the multicultural aspect of the book children of all races can relate to one child or another. “That’s me! I’m in this book,” a five-year-old client told one counselor. And through reading the poem and the discussion questions, abuse was discussed for the first time.