The Witness

Name: The Witness
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ISBN: 9781038356765

A Personal Journey Through Fear, Trauma and Healing

Sharon Berk

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English

FriesenPress
30 April 2026

Violence in society; Domestic violence; Psychology; Coping with personal problems; Self-help & personal development

Can we live from a place of love instead of fear? How much does fear shape our beliefs, behaviours, and identities? What if the fear we carry isn't ours alone, but the echo of generational trauma? These are the central questions author and retired psychotherapist Sharon Berk seeks to answer in this holistic guide on self-healing.

In The Witness: A Personal Journey Through Fear, Trauma, and Healing, Sharon shares her personal story as a child who grew up immersed in domestic violence and carried this trauma into adulthood. For years, fear ruled her life, even after accomplishing significant milestones like motherhood and a prospering career. When her unresolved trauma manifested as illnesses, an autoimmune disorder, and even a tumour, Sharon launched her healing journey earnestly, drawing on her education and professional experiences in early childhood education and psychology.

Blending narrative and research, this guide offers a path for readers to begin their own self-healing, no matter what the cause. It includes practical tools, techniques, and prompts grounded in key psychological frameworks, such as Jungian principles, attachment theory, and the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, to help readers understand how conditioning and early experiences shape the psyche.

Readers of Bessel van der Kolk's The Body Keeps the Score and Jeannette Walls's The Glass Castle will enjoy how Sharon Berk bridges the psychology of trauma and validates personal experience. Accessible and informative, The Witness is a must read for anyone who has ever wondered why fear still rules their life and how they can finally break free.

By: Sharon Berk
Imprint: FriesenPress
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 209g
ISBN: 9781038356765
ISBN 10: 1038356768
Pages: 150
Publication Date: 30 April 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sharon Berk is a retired educator and psychotherapist with a Master of Arts in Adult Education and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. She later completed graduate-level counselling studies in Australia. Sharon taught Early Childhood Education at Lambton College in Ontario and at Queensland University in Australia before moving into counselling. She worked with Relationships Australia and Deaf Children Australia and later established her own private practice. In both her academic and clinical work, Sharon led numerous workshops on parenting, relationships, and child development-guided by her deep belief that early experiences shape lifelong patterns of connection and resilience. Witnessing how many people carry unresolved trauma inspired Sharon to share her own story. Her writing has appeared in Inspired, Senior Living Magazine, and in a local newspaper column focused on children and family life. The Witness: A Personal Journey Through Fear, Trauma, and Healing is her first full-length book. In her free time, Sharon enjoys gardening and acrylic painting. Her children live in other countries, and while many of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren are far away, she remains closely connected to them through modern technology.