About
Evelyn M. Leite,MHR, LPC 697
PO Box 9702
Rapid City, SD, 57709
Education:
Graduate of Black Hills State University Composite Major in Social Science Spearfish SD
Masters Degree from Oklahoma University. Composite in Human Relations Norman Ok
Post Graduate in Pharmacology SDSU Brookings, SD
Two Year Spiritual Direction Training MT. Marty College, Yankton SD
Thirty Years of experience as a chemical dependency and mental health counselor.
Teacher and trainer for accredited college programs, OU in Norman OK. Oglala Lakota College in Rapid City, SD. Adjunct counselor and consultant to an addictions and codependency treatment center in Port Hueneme CA. I developed several training programs in Codependency, Grief, Suicide Prevention Conflict Resolution and Family Restoration Program.
Founder and director of two businesses. Living With Solutions, www.livingwithsolutions.biz and A Center for Training and restoration and www.acenterfortrainingandrestoration.ccom
I have presented workshops in Oregon, Texas, Minneapolis, Montana, Colorado Arizona and currently doing workshops for the Miskwaki Tribe in Tama IA. Locally I do workshops on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota on a regular basis.
Author of 12 published works. Including manuals for The Family Restoration Program.
Many newspaper and magazine articles.
Installed in the SD Hall of fame In 2008.
Evelyn Leite LPCMHR List of Publications
Blood Sex and tears series are memoirs. Soon to be released is:
Just Fine Thank You and work in progress is Dance Like Theres No Tomorrow.
To Be Somebody (A tale of love heartbreak and hope)First published by Hazelden Publications Center City MN. 1980. Republished 2016.
Women:What Do We Want? (Changing your life is easier than you think) 2015
Available on amazon.com or www.womenwhatdowewant.com.
Detachment First published by Johnson Institute 1986, sold to Hazelden Publications in1990s,
Now available internationally through hazeldenpublications.com or amazon.com
ANTHOLOGIES
Granite Oceans Amber Sea, Black Hills Writers Press. A Day At The Rally available on Amazon.com
Black Hills Literary Journal: Black Hills Writers Press, A Sunday From Innocence All books available from amazon.com
Publications by Johnson Institute all purchased by Hazelden Publications but currently out of print.
When Daddy Is A Drunk, What Do You Tell The Children?
Newcomers To Al-Anon
Different Like Me A book for Kids whose parents are alcoholic
How It Feels To Be Chemically Dependent.
100 articles in Magazines and Newspapers.
Black Hills Weekly Journal
Well National Magazine
Eyes On You Magazine
Featured Work
Just Fine Thank You
Evelyn Leite’s true story of growing up in a turbulent family during the 40s and 50s compellingly captures the reader who is captivated by feeling the gamut of confusion and despair, sorrow and tears, then unexplainable hope and optimism. Just fine, thank you reveals how growing up with family secrets resulted in torment, fear and self-hatred.The reader will walks with her through tragedy, discovering how her life events and poor choices collide, impacting her sanity which hangs by a thread in a fight to the finish with darkness on one side and light on the other. The reader’s intrigue is heightened by glimpsing parts of themselves in her story.
Other Works
Awards and Recognition
- Installed in the South Dakota Hall of Fame for humanitarian service
