Join licensed social worker and author Shari Botwin as she reads from her book Stolen Childhoods: Thriving After Abuse.
About the Book
Demonstrates that reclaiming life in adulthood is possible for survivors of childhood abuse.
Stolen Childhoods: Thriving After Abuse focuses on how survivors of childhood abuse can finally break their silence and begin the process of recovery by understanding the impact their abuse history has on their adulthood. Filled with real life client conversations, along with her own experiences as a patient, this work helps readers stop reliving past abuse and thrive in their recovery. It demonstrates the tremendous hope that can come from having a witness and feeling heard and believed. Throughout the book, the reader witnesses how adult survivors of childhood abuse can use relationships with therapists, partners, or supportive family members to combat their feelings of shame and guilt. Botwin walks readers through ways survivors can develop trust with others and move through emotions of fear and grief. She offers examples of learning how to manage traumatic responses in situations that trigger flashbacks, feelings of unsafety, or fears of being unprotected. Offering actionable steps to healing throughout, Botwin helps readers on their journeys to reclaiming their right to live safe, happy, full lives.
About the Author
Shari Botwin, LCSW opened her Cherry Hill private practice in 1996. Prior to starting her own practice Shari worked at the Renfrew Center in Philadelphia. She provides individual, group and family therapy with a specialization in treating trauma, abuse, eating disorders, anxiety and depression. She has expanded her private practice and is now licensed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Shari also provides virtual individual and family teletherapy using a HIPPA approved telemedicine platform. Shari holds a master's degree in social work from Rutgers University. Shari's third book, Stolen Childhoods, released worldwide on May 7, 2024! www.amazon.com/Stolen-Childhoods-Thriving-After-Abuse/dp/1538183625/
The audiobook of Stolen Childhoods, narrated by Shari Botwin, comes out on June 11, 2024 www.amazon.com/Stolen-Childhoods-Thriving-After-Abuse/dp/B0D4RFX67B
Her second book, Thriving After Trauma: Stories of Living and Healing, released worldwide November 4, 2019. The updated paperback edition released on October 11, 2021. (Rowman and Littlefield) rowman.com/ISBN/9781538125601/Thriving-After-Trauma-Stories-of-Living-and-Healing.
Botwin has also been certified by law as a trauma expert and she has testified on behalf of dozens of plaintiffs in high-profile cases involving childhood sexual abuse, gun violence and sexual assault.
Botwin has been called upon to give on-air commentary on COVID and stories related to PTSD and trauma for a variety of international media outlets. Botwin has been featured on various podcasts, webinars and live zoom outreach for the public.
Botwin has presented several professional CE workshops for Stockton University on trauma and eating disorders recovery. In July of 2022 Botwin presented a live webinar for over one-thousand therapists in China on the role of an eating disorder in staying stuck in childhood abuse. On March 9, 2018 Shari presented a Keynote Presentation to a sold-out house for Monte Nido on the connection between eating disorders and abuse. In 2017 Shari conducted a Keynote workshop for The International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals on the role of an eating disorder in staying stuck in trauma.
She has been featured to offer commentary on a variety of national media outlets, such as Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, MSNBC, NBC News Now, MSNBC, CBS News, CTV Radio Europe and CP24. The New York Times, Time Magazine, Prevention Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine, Healthline, The Boston Globe, The Daily Beast, Huffington Post, The Associated Press, have quoted Shari on breaking stories related to trauma and abuse. She has also published several feature op-eds in the Philadelphia Inquirer. She has made guest appearances on over fifty podcasts during Covid.