Recent posts from Eva Musby: Help your child with an eating disorder

Helping you free your child of an eating disorder

Recent posts

Lily’s swift recovery from anorexia – a mother’s uplifting story

For parents at the start of eating disorder treatment: a real-life, rapid success story showing how family-based support led to swift recovery from anorexia.
Tamper-proof tech for your child’s meals

Seals or labels to secure food or drink in the school lunch bag or fridge.
How does an eating disorder affect you and your child?

Chapter 2. What’s going on in the mind of someone with an eating disorder? And what’s it like for you the parent? The aim of this chapter is to lead the way to understanding and compassion for yourself and for your child.
The work towards full recovery: school, exercise, appetite, relapse-prevention and the rest (Phase 2)

Excerpts from Chapter 10: once eating and weight gain are secure, what else do we need to do?
Free your son or daughter of fears and rules with exposure

Excerpt from Chapter 9: How to free your child of fears and rules – exposure therapy.
Which eating-disorder treatments work?

Chapter 12. What are the principles of successful therapies? What should you look for when choosing a therapist or treatment centre? And what are the red flags for poor treatment? I tell you more about family therapy and other approaches, suggest how to work in partnership with clinicians and when it might be better to…
How do you get your child to eat in spite of the eating disorder?

Excerpt from Chapter 7: Using a bungee-jump analogy to help you make meals work with your child.
Practical steps to help your child beat the eating disorder: magic plate and other tools for the first phase of treatment

Excerpt from Chapter 6: Practical steps to beat the eating disorder
What parents need to know about the causes of eating disorders

Chapter 5 of my book. A ‘pack of cards’ analogy to help you with the nuances around causation of an eating disorder. It’s not just the bullying or the ‘healthy eating’ talk in school. I urge you to focus on what you CAN do.
Treatment for anorexia and other eating disorders: the essentials for parents

Chapter 4. The essentials for a parent who wants immediate answers: what are the main principles of the treatments covered in this book, and how long before you can expect some relief?
The parent’s part in eating disorders diagnosis

Chapter 3: How eating disorders are diagnosed, what to say to the doctor, the pitfalls to guard against, and tips on how to get expert care without delay.
How this book can help you

Chapter 1. An overview of the help I’d like to offer you in this book and some suggestions on how to find your way around the information fast.
Meal plan ideas: high-calorie food to renourish your child with anorexia

Tips for high-calorie meals and snacks, including supplements
Bitesize: learn to help your child, in short audio bites

My Bitesize audio collection. What’s in it, how it is designed to help you. Listen to some samples.
What’s in the book?

Wondering if the book is for you? Here’s what you’ll find.
ADHD with an eating disorder: tips to help your child

Tips to help your child who has both an eating disorder and ADHD
The book: table of contents

The book’s chapters are listed here. Links to entire chapters or to excerpts.
Online workshops: learn and join likeminded parents when you’re supporting a child with an eating disorder

All my workshops for parents – by video link.