203. Thriving After Trauma As An Incest Survivor. Shari Botwin

Today we are are breaking the silence and addressing abuse! Trigger warning advised mentions of suicide, sexual abuse, rape and perpetrators! Trauma comes in many shapes and forms. Your experience is a big deal! Your feelings don’t lie! Our bodies don’t lie! We don’t make up what we feel in our body! Today we are talking about Bill Cosby, Jeffrey Epstein, PTSD, and healing! Better Call Daddy: The Safe Space For Controversy!

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. Shari also provides virtual individual and family teletherapy using a HIPPA approved telemedicine platform. Shari holds a Masters Degree in Social Work from Rutgers University. 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

She is also a featured blogger for Psychology Today. To read her latest contributions go to her profile verified by Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/shari-botwin-lcsw Botwin has been called upon to comment on COVID and PTSD for a variety of international media outlets. Botwin has been featured on various podcasts, webinars and live zoom outreach for the public addressing how to manage with all the challenges during the pandemic. Botwin has presented several professional CE workshops for Stockton University on trauma and eating disorders recovery. 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 Today Show, Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, MSNBC, NBC News Now, MSNBC, CBS News, CTV Radio Europe, and CP24. The New York Times, Prevention Magazine, 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.