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

Librarian Note: Alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780993059803

Parents are best placed to help their teenager or young child beat an eating disorder, yet most struggle to know what to do and how to do it.

In Anorexia and Other Eating Disorders, Eva Musby draws on her family’s successful use of evidence-based treatment to empower you to support your child through recovery.

. Learn practical and effective mealtime skills

. Help your child to eat well and be free of fears and compulsions

. Know what to say and what not to say in highly charged situations

. Recognise the treatments that work and the ones that don’t

. Develop your own emotional resources

However difficult your situation, this book gives you the tools you need to care for your child, your family and yourself. Using compassionate presence, Nonviolent Communication, mindfulness and acceptance, Eva Musby plots out a path towards well-being.

With a wealth of guidance and practical examples, Anorexia and Other Eating Disorders is an invaluable guide to coping with and overcoming an eating disorder in the family.

"Finally! I have read anything and everything on anorexia and this is the most helpful by far"


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. Treatment: the essentials

5. What parents need to know about the causes of eating disorders

6. Practical steps to help your child beat the eating disorder

7. How do you get your child to eat in spite of the eating disorder?

8. See the tools in action: mealtime scenarios

9. How to free your child of fears and rules: exposure therapy

10. The road to full recovery

11. Partners, friends, family and work: help or hindrance?

12. How to make treatment and therapy work for your child and for you

13. Powerful tools for well-being and compassionate connection

14. Love, no matter what: how to support your child with compassionate communication

15. How to build up your own resilience and well-being

Appendix: Compassionate or Nonviolent Communication (NVC)


Note: If you are dealing with an eating disorder other than anorexia, some of the practical tools might not apply to you. Most of the emotional ones will.

"Your book is packed with helpful information for parents and has been brilliant for my patients and for our team. The book and video can help to sustain the family until we meet them again. I also show the video in multi-family groups and in teaching the Maudsley approach to other professionals around the country."
Esther Blessitt, Senior Systemic Psychotherapist, writing on behalf of the Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders Service (CAMHS), Maudsley Hospital, London.

Genres: Psychology, Parenting, Nonfiction

450 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2015

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.