ALISA ZIPURSKY is the author of Healing Honestly: The Messy and Magnificent Path to Overcoming Self-Blame and Self-Shame from Berrett-Koehler Publishers. It is the first self-help book for child sex abuse survivors written by a survivor from a major publishing house since 1988. 

Alisa is writer, coach, speaker, and CSA survivor who focuses on supporting other adults healing from trauma. She is the founder of HealingHonestly.com. Since 2016, she has been blogging about her experiences as a millennial woman trying to live a full life while healing. Along with offering group and individualized coaching programs, Zipursky travels the country speaking and facilitating workshops at college campuses and conferences. Her writing has been published in Allure, Teen Vogue, and Bust.