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APRICA Anorexia and other Eating Disorders by Eva Musby
The most effective treatment for eating disorders is family-based and 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 daughters 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 dont 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.* Make meals work in spite of your childs resistance* Deal with distress inflexibility exercise compulsion bingeing and purging* Dont stop at weight-restoration - skilled support all the way to recovery* What to say and what not to say in difficult situations* Actively support your child all the way to recovery and prevent relapse* Recognise the treatments that work and the ones that dont* Grow your own emotional resourcesThis 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.Finally! I have read anything and everything on anorexia and this is the most helpful by farCONTENTS1. How this book can help you2. How does an eating disorder affect you and your child?3. Your part in diagnosis4. Treatment: the essentials5. What parents need to know about the causes of eating disorders6. Practical steps to help your child beat the eating disorder7. How do you get your child to eat in spite of the eating disorder?8. See the tools in action: mealtime scenarios9. How to free your child of fears and rules: exposure therapy10. The road to full recovery11. Partners friends family and work: help or hindrance?12. Which treatments work?13. Powerful tools for well-being and compassionate connection14. Love no matter what: how to support your child with compassionate connection15. How to build up your own resilience and well-beingNote: If the eating disorder you are dealing with doesnt involve food restriction 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.- Esther Blessitt Senior Systemic Psychotherapist writing on behalf of the Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders Service CAMHS Maudsley Hospitalshow more