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

Author: Eva MusbyPublisher: APRICAPaperback:ISBN 10: 0993059805ISBN 13: 978-0993059803Book updated July 2016Parents 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."- Esther Blessitt, Senior Systemic Psychotherapist, writing on behalf of the Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders Service (CAMHS), Maudsley Hospital Review "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."This is amazing!  I am truly gobsmacked.  I have devoured (!) the excellent chapter on helping your child to eat, with the superb bungee jumping analogy.  I'd like to share it with our carers' group. If I am invited to review your book for any of the journals you may be sure I will give it a very positive review." Dr E Jane B Morris, Consultant Psychiatrist, The Eden Unit for eating disorders, Royal Cornhill NHS Hospital, Aberdeen and Chair of the Scottish Eating Disorders Interest Group (SEDIG)"As a team dedicated to family based treatment, we have been really impressed by the information and support in your book and frequently recommend it to parents and carers of the young people we treat."  Marc Clegg, Clinical Nurse Specialist in adolescent eating disorders, Parkview Clinic, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS trust "Compelling and heartening ... A highly readable volume that offers practical solutions for parents ... Therapists and other clinicians can learn from this book - about how we might better help families to understand dilemmas and develop possiblesolutions"James Lock, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics and Director of the Eating Disorder Program at Stanford University School of Medicine "This is by far, by leagues, by legions, the most practical and outstanding advice for parents or caregivers battling an eating disorder in their child [...] I will be recommending this to every parent or caregiver I encounter in my practice, as well as every health provider working with our patients.  It is that good." Dr Rebecka Peebles, MD, Co-Director, Adolescent Medicine, Eating Disorder Assessment and Treatment Program, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia About the Author Eva Musby's daughter was hit by anorexia when she was ten years old. She was hospitalised for a year, and on her return home Eva Musby pieced together a wealth of practical and emotional tools to effectively support her recovery. This approach is in line with family-based treatment, one of the very few evidence-based approaches for the treatment of eating disorders. Eva Musby's work for the parents of children with an eating disorder rests on years of personal experience, is informed by research, and supported by a network of parents and professionals across the world.