Anorexia and other Eating Disorders: how to help your child eat well and be well: Practical solutions, compassionate communication tools and emotional support for parents of children and teenagers

by Eva Musby

Buy new to automatically get the 2023 updated version. The most effective treatment for eating disorders is family-based, where parents play an essential role. Yet most struggle to know what to do and how to do it. With a wealth of practical examples and tips that have helped many tens of thousands of relieved parents, Eva Musby guides you through each stage of your son or daughter's recovery. She provides solace and confidence, while addressing the real-life questions that parents struggle with. The practical and emotional strategies in every chapter rest on up-to-date knowledge distilled from published research, from families, and from therapists worldwide. These pages will boost your effectiveness with an excellent treatment team, and will also help you succeed when you don't have access to cutting-edge care. With her lived experience and that of the hundreds of parents she has coached, this book will empower you to be effective right away, from the first successful meal all the way through to recovery. This book is recommended by experts on family-based treatment (FBT, or 'Maudsley'), the evidence-based approach recommended by all major health institutions. It is used by parents and clinicians alike. CONTENTS 1. How this book can help you
2. How does an eating disorder affect you and your child?
3. Your part in diagnosis
4. the essentials
5. What parents need to know about the causes of eating disorders
6. Practical steps in a first phase of treatment
7. How do you get your child to eat in spite of the eating disorder?
8. See the tools in mealtime scenarios
9. How to free your child of fears and exposure therapy
10. The work towards full recovery and independence
11. Partners, friends, family and help or hindrance?
12. Which treatments work?
13. Powerful tools for well-being and compassionate connection
14. Love, no matter how to support your child with compassionate communication
15. How to build up your own resilience and wellbeing If the eating disorder you are dealing with doesn't involve food restriction, some of the practical tools might not apply to you. Most of the emotional ones will.

Genres: Psychology, Parenting, Nonfiction

444 pages, Paperback

Published November 6, 2014

Reviews

[Eva Musby · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wrote this book to give parents help with a multitude of practical and emotional challenges when supporting their child.
See also my YouTube videos and if you're looking for something that is more of a memoir, see my Goodreads reviews of other books on the subject.

(Note that the book now has a new cover)

Eva Musby (www.evamusby.co.uk)

[Alexis · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the most comprehensive and useful resources for parents of young people with eating disorders. It's a long read, but covers so many topics that parents need, and which are not otherwise available for parents (especially parents of young people with eating disorders!) in a single volume. It goes beyond merely providing information and a framework for parents to work within, but also provides valuable skills and specific examples to increase parent's resources.

[Eva Musby · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wrote this book to give parents help with a multitude of practical and emotional challenges when supporting their child.
See also my YouTube videos and if you're looking for something that is more of a memoir, see my Goodreads reviews of other books on the subject.

Eva Musby (www.evamusby.co.uk)

[Mary Clarkson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of practical and positive advice for parents of children with eating disorders. This was the first book I'd come across written by a parent rather than by an eating disorders specialist. Importantly, it offers lots of great ways of making connections with your own child in their suffering and has lots of ideas for keeping well and emotionally strong oneself.

[Margaret · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my Top 10 books for parents to read when learning to cope and care for a child with an eating disorder.

[Margaret · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read for parents and carers of a young person with disordered eating.

[Becky Douthit · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful insight from a parent on how they helped their child recovery. Recommend for all therapists who make work with a teen with an eating disorder and recommend to their parents as well!

[Maddie Parker · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was good but there were lots of spelling mistakes that made it kind of annoying to read at times.

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the most helpful book for connecting with a loved one that has anorexia. All caregivers should read this book.