In this episode, I respond to a parent who is wondering how he can stop his son from purging. I review why people purge, and how understanding the urge to purge can help parents respond rather than react. Then I talk about how you can replace the purge with emotional comfort and care. This isContinue reading "22. How to stop the purge?"

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In this episode, I respond to a parent who is wondering why treatment providers tell her not to talk about weight with a child who has underweight anorexia. In my experience most parents have been given this directive, but they haven’t been told why this is important or what to do instead. I talk throughContinue reading "21. Can I tell her she’s too thin?"

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In this episode, I respond to a parent whose child blames them for all sorts of things, from serving meals to getting divorced. Most parents of teenagers deal with blame, so I address how to respond to blaming statements more effectively.   If you want help dealing with eating disorder treatment, schedule a consultation here: WebsiteContinue reading "20. She blames me for everything"

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In this episode, I respond to a parent whose child is negotiating every bite they eat. This is a common complaint, because it’s both scary and exhausting to parent when a child talks about every bite they eat. I provide advice based on an FBI hostage negotiation technique. This is effective because FBI negotiators areContinue reading "19. Negotiating every bite"

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In this episode, I respond to a parent whose child has an eating disorder. This parent is worried because it seems like their child is never happy anymore. All the parent is seeing is anger and sadness. I share information about how happiness is just one of six core emotions. And when a person hasContinue reading "18. She’s never happy anymore"

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In this episode, I respond to a parent whose child has an eating disorder. This parent feels terrible because they lose their temper frequently. Of course the parent knows that they *shouldn’t* yell, but they feel powerless to stop themselves in the moment. This is not uncommon, and luckily we can change our behavior andContinue reading "17. I lose my temper"

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In this episode, I respond to a parent whose child has left and returned to an eating disorder treatment center twice and wonders what she can do to avoid an endless cycle. She is frustrated and worried about her child, and wants to know who can help. I’ll talk about the thing that almost nobodyContinue reading "16. Who can help?"

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In this episode, I respond to a parent who is worried about her 20-year-old son who has an eating disorder and won’t talk about food and eating. He either yells or withdraws when she tries to engage him in conversations. I talk about why this might be happening and provide her with a counter-intuitive methodContinue reading "15. He won’t talk about food with me"

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In this episode, I respond to a mom who is worried about her daughter’s lack of motivation for eating disorder recovery. I review the most important things, which are to feed her regularly and keep her in therapy. And then I also talk about what mom can do to help make meals less unpleasant andContinue reading "14. Not motivated to recover"

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In this episode, I respond to a mom who is worried about her daughter’s food fear during eating disorder recovery. The mom says her daughter is terribly afraid of food and is continually removing foods from her list of safe foods. I’ll talk through what fear feels like so that you can understand where thisContinue reading "13. My daughter is afraid of food"

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