A parent’s experience with a long-term vegan daughter. Tips and words of caution.
Is it OK for my child to be vegan during eating disorder treatment?
How long should I persist with a meal when my child has an eating disorder?
How long should you persist with a meal? Use a set time limit? Supplement calories? Use sanctions? How to end the meal such that the next one will work.
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for eating disorders
What is CBT for eating disorders, when may it work, and what to watch out for
What do you reply to, “Am I fat?”
What can you say when your child asks ‘Am I fat?’ at various stages of an eating disorder? I discuss it in this podcast.
Is your school supporting lunch? For pupils with an eating disorder, it must.
If your school isn’t supporting your child’s needs — such as supervising meals when they have a restrictive eating disorder — here is a simple legal tool.
How we lose the very friends who should be supporting us (it’s not about you!)
We need friends and family. If you think people are avoiding or have let you know, here are some common beliefs and some suggestions to keep getting the help you need.
Lisa’s Tarzan leap for her daughter: facing anorexia fear
Lisa came to me for coaching to help her daughter to eat. Two days later, an email she wrote me moved me to tears. I was certain it would inspire you, and I asked for her permission to share it here. Here's her story of what happened after a successful lunch with her daughter Elena. …
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Parents ask: ‘Did we cause our child’s eating disorder?’
A detailed look at the myths and the evidence. Short answer: No.
Weight-restoration: why and how much weight gain?
On healthy weight for eating disorder recovery. Why weight gain, how much, danger of a low target weight, buffers, overshoot, ‘stuck’ patients.
Is your child’s target weight a gift to the eating disorder? One-size-fits-all versus Individualised
Comparing 2 methods therapists use to determine a weight target: individualized, or the one-size-fits-all BMI approach. The difference can be huge!