TIPs: Eating Disorders > Helping a Loved One Overcome an Eating Disorder
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Supporting a person who struggles with anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating is challenging, important work. There is always a constant tension between, helping a person and becoming over-involved and losing yourself. We've compiled self help articles and tips for those supporting a loved one overcome an eating disorder.
Center for Growth / Compulsive - Dependent Therapy Family Roles
In a compulsive / dependent family system, it is common for the disease to become the central focus within the system. Often all of the continue reading
Therapy in Philadelphia: compulsive eating and watching TV (youtube, netflix etc)
Many people find that when they are watching TV, they eat, and eat, and eat. People often wonder why they do that when they continue reading
Support groups can deepen one’s understanding of an issue through the process of group interaction. In a support group participants will interact with peers who are struggling with similar concerns. These individuals are often able continue reading
Helping a friend, family member or significant other overcome bulimia / Remember Bulimia is difficult to detect
Signs of Bulimia Nervosa often include, but are not limited to
* Secretive behavior* Money unaccounted continue reading
Recovering From Bulimia and Binge Eating Disorder
My Doctor states that I am overweight. Will I gain or lose weight in recovery? During the process of recovering from Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating continue reading
Parenting Help Strategies for parents of children with an eating disorder to help them recover 38 Strategies for parents of children with an eating disorder (Anorexia, Bulimia, or binging or Over Eating) to help them continue reading
Therapy in Philadelphia: The Deceptive Behaviors of Anorexia - remember these behaviors are not acceptable but they are part of the illness. Separate the illness from how you love the person suffering from Anorexia.
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Center for Growth / Therapy in Philadelphia
Strategies For Supporting A Person Recovering from an Eating Disorder
* Ask them how they are feeling today* Ask them how their job/school is going* Ask them continue reading
Center for Growth / Parenting Strategies in Philadelphia - helping a child gain positive attention while recovering from an eating disorder . . .
Negative Attention The eating disorder often gives adolescents and young continue reading
Feelings about entering therapy for Anorexia Nervosa while there are some exceptions, usually the client suffering from Anorexia do not want to give up their eating disorder. People suffering from this disorder have an overwhelming continue reading
To address the child's anxiety:
Listen with compassion
Recommendations for treatment for Anorexia Nervosa in Adolescence
If your child is under 18 and has had the Eating Disorder of Anorexia for less than three years than I would highly recommend something called The continue reading
Couples Counseling / Marriage Therapy in Philadelphia, Ocean City, Mechanicsville, Santa Fe
Improving Relationships - Requires Taking Action depending on the severity of the imbalance in your relationship, you may want to seek help from continue reading
