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

Recent posts

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.…
Parents ask: ‘Did we cause our child’s eating disorder?’

A detailed look at the myths and the evidence. Short answer: No.
Is your child’s target weight a gift to the eating disorder? One-Size-Fits-All versus Growth Charts

Comparing 2 methods therapists use to predict healthy weight: plotting historical data on a growth chart, versus a middle-size-fits-all BMI approach (‘100 percent weight-for-height’). The difference can be huge!
What do BMI and Weight-For-Height mean?

What BMI and Weight-for-height (WFH) mean, and how they cannot be used for advice. Read this if your child’s therapist uses BMI or WFH
Podcasts: I talk about supporting your child in recovery

Listen to my inteview by Cathy Cortese for the ED Matters podcast, on: Helping parents support their children in recovery.
Schools health promotion, body confidence, diets, disordered eating and obesity: what to do?

For schools: The DO’s and DON’Ts of health promotion, body confidence, diets, disordered eating and obesity prevention. Includes validated body confidence programs.
What do pupils and school staff need to know about eating disorders?

What information should schools give to staff and pupils on eating disorders? This will help with early detection and remove stigma, while also not providing vulnerable pupils with a ‘how-to’ manual
Practical measures schools take to support pupils with an eating disorder

Practical help schools can give with mealtime supervision, reporting back to parents, dealing with deadlines and school trips (pupils with an eating disorder)
Schools: what to do when a pupil shows signs of an eating disorder

Schools: how to work with parents when you suspect an eating disorder. What to say to parents, to the pupil? What if the parents don’t want to to refer to clinicians?
How schools, parents and clinicians work together to treat pupils with an eating disorder

How school staff, parents and clinicians work together to make sure a pupil with an eating disorder gets prompt and effective treatment.
Why your school needs to address eating and body confidence

For schools. What are: eating disordered, disordered eating, body confidence. How common? How dangerous? Why should your school address this?
Schools: your template for an eating disorders, disordered eating, exercise and body confidence policy

An eating disorder policy for schools. A template you can adapt to suit your school. Deals with eating disorders, disordered eating, body dissatisfaction, health promotion, obesity.
Not an eating disorder but just as serious: orthorexia, bigorexia and others

Describing disorders that are not diagnosable eating disorders but have similarities and may be just as serious: Orthorexia, Diabulimia, Bigorexia, Muscle dysmorphia, Drunkorexia
Tips to create change in Scotland

Scotland eating disorders: some hand-holding to help you campaign for what matters to you. Petitions, parliamentary questions, how to work through your MSP. Specific improvements to ask for.
Action to improve eating disorder services in Scotland

If you’re in Scotland and want to see better services, here’s an update on campaigns, how to help bring change, what action you can take. This is for anyone, whether you’re affected by an eating disorder, or you’re a parent or clinician.
Can hospital equip you for family-based treatment? A parent’s inspirational account

A mother’s account of how Residential-hospital and PHP program in ERC-Denver empowered parents to take charge of their children’s recovery, in line with Family-Based Treatment (FBT) principles (family therapy for eating disorders/anorexia). Coaching in mealtime skills, support on dealing with resistance, education.
Adolescent-Focused Therapy (AFT) : a guide to the joint runner-up treatment for anorexia

Adolescent-focused therapy (AFT or AFP-AN) is an individual psychotherapy for adolescents suffering from anorexia. I explain what it is, and the main elements: the psychological work, eating, weight recovery, and where parents fit in.