Susan Tompkins, LCSW
Executive Director
susan@journeysoftheheart.net - (503)681-3075
Susan and her husband, David Slansky, started Journeys of the Heart as a nonprofit adoption agency in 1993. Together, they have built their family through international adoption, with children from India, China and Romania. Susan also has a birth son. Susan grew up in Oregon and earned bachelors and masters degrees in social work from Portland State University. Before starting Journeys of the Heart, Susan was a social worker for 20 years. She supervises all aspects of Journeys' adoption work in both the Oregon and Illinois offices. In addition, she trains and supervises Journeys' social workers, teaches adoption education classes, and represents the agency to the public. Susan has published numerous articles on adoption issues in books, magazines and newsletters.
Susan says: "As
an adolescent when I first start thinking about having a family I knew that I
wanted to take a child who was not initially my own to protect and nurture. I
was instantly attracted to children overseas who were living in poverty or in
orphanages and that’s where our three children have come from. However, from
all these years of working in adoption, if I were to start over again (and how I
wish I could) I see the beauty in domestic adoption where open relationships are
viable and where children are also truly in need. Adoption is something that
has satisfied my heart ever since I laid eyes on my dark haired beauty from
India. To work helping other families know the
joys of adoption continues to satisfy my heart and spirit."
Read
"Time-Outs
Can Be Damaging For Adopted Children" by Susan in our "Heartstrings" Online.
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Journeys of the Heart is a full service, non-profit, certified and licensed adoption agency providing adoption and relief services. Our offices are in Portland, Oregon, Chicago, Illinois, Seattle, Washington, and Honolulu, Hawaii, and we can work with people from any state in the United States. If you are looking for an adoption agency then please look into our philosophy and our dedication. If domestic adoption, international adoption, or open adoption is in your future then let your journey begin here. Journeys of the Heart Adoption Services is a non-profit organization, described as a 501 (c) (3) organization, by the Internal Revenue Service, EIN 94-3184018. If you wish to make a donation to Journeys and require a copy of our letter of determination from the IRS please email website@journeysoftheheart.net |
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