Tag: anxiety

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.
Love, no matter what: how to support your child with compassionate communication as you treat the eating disorder

Has your child become hard to recognise? Do you struggle to help them as they swing between depression and aggression? Are you finding it hard to offer unconditional love? Are you confused about using rewards and punishment? In this chapter you’ll find practical tools and examples to help you navigate common issues, communicate with compassion,…
Powerful tools for wellbeing and compassionate connection when your son or daughter has an eating disorder

Excerpts from Chapter 13 of my book. A guide to compassionate communication, to help you support your child through the toughest challenges and help them thrive. Also, self-compassion. If you are fearful about what to say, if your child’s emotions – and your own – are all over the place, this chapter will help you…
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.
How to calm your child when the eating disorder heightens anxiety and panic

Tips to bring calm to your child, deal with panic attacks and meltdowns, and help your child cope with the many challenges they face while they’re suffering from an eating disorder
Bizarre yet normal eating disorder symptoms

Bizarre but normal effects of an eating disorder and malnutrition. These will pass with eating disorder treatment.
Three routes out of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

In this post I offer you three evidence-based approaches to address the effect of traumas large and small, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Our lives, as we support a child with an eating disorder, is peppered with distressing or fearful events — some affect us for a day, and some can bring us to tears,…
NG tube feeding with anorexia: parents’ questions

Parents’ FAQs on NG tube feeding someone with anorexia nervosa. Willingly or under restraint.