Free At Last!: The Power of Relationships in Overcoming Trauma, Abuse and Eating Disorders [Paperback]

L.C.S.W., Shari Botwin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2003

A unique approach to overcoming an unhealthy past through positive, healthy relationships. Each chapter addresses specific issues the victim must deal with during the healing process in order to break the chains of abuse. At the end of each sub-chapter is a section entitled, Have you thought about this?

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...gives the reader hope ... helps us understand, using very clear examples, how relationships are essentials tools in healing psychic wounds." -- Dr. Daniel Gottlieb, author of "Family Matters"

"...offers practical, down-to-earth wisdom combined with a therapeutic vision that both laypeople and professionals can utilize." -- Dr. Stephen Emmett, co-founder of the Renfrew Center --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Shari Botwin, L.C.S.W., with an M.S.W. from Rutgers University, has a private practice in New Jersey. For over seven years, she has provided individual, group and family psychotherapy specializing in eating disorders and abuse, as well as clinical outreach throughout the Eastern Coast, focusing on the recovery process. Shari has been interviewed by numerous media and has a published paper entitled, "A Warrior Prevails." "Free At Last!" is her first published book. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 196 pages
• Publisher: Daybreak Publishing (June 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0974223352
• ISBN-13: 978-0974223353
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,633,308 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars a must for anyone struggling with abuse and eating disorder, June 10, 2003

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This review is from: Free at Last!: The Power of Relationships in Overcoming Trauma, Abuse A (Paperback)

This is really one of the best books written for survivors dealing with an eating disorder. The hardest thing for me is to be in relationships because of all the trust that was taken. This book allowed me to see that all the things I feel, experience, and struggle with in relationships are normal. Shari's relationship and experiences with her clients made me feel much more grounded. I did not feel as crazy, overwhelmed and out of control. I recommend this book to anyone that struggles to trust, that uses food as a friend, and that feels like there is not another way. Because there is another way...Shari's honest account has demonstrated this in her book, her life, but mostly in her relationships. She gives the reader a precious gift.....HOPE!