ED Parenting

In this episode, I respond to a dad who is worried about his son’s weight gain. He says that his son was “chubby” as a kid but then got really into working out and adopted a rigid keto diet. But during quarantine, he stopped working out and started eating carbs again. He gained weight. IContinue reading "12. My son is gaining weight"

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In this episode, I respond to a parent whose daughter is constantly engaging in body-bashing. Mom is doing the best she can to respond appropriately, but the bad body thoughts seem to be getting worse. I provide a scientifically proven response to circular and escalating thoughts like this. This method feels unnatural for most parents,Continue reading "11. How to respond to body bashing"

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In this episode, I respond to a parent whose daughter is bingeing and purging and won’t talk to her. Her daughter is a “good kid” who seems to have dropped into a completely foreign place, and her family doesn’t know what to do to help. I begin by breaking down where the eating disorder mightContinue reading "10. Bingeing & purging & won’t talk to me"

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In this episode, I respond to a parent who is wondering how long recovery takes and what it looks like. This is a really important question, so I begin by laying out the “iceberg” theory of mental health in which the visible part of the iceberg is the eating disorder, which is one part ofContinue reading "9. What is eating disorder recovery?"

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In this episode, I respond to a parent whose child has panic attacks. They’re in treatment for an eating disorder, but the panic attacks seem to be getting worse. I walk the parent through what a panic attack is, and why we often see them with eating disorders. I also provide a way to thinkContinue reading "8. Getting through a panic attack"

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In this episode, I respond to a parent whose child is non-binary. They are struggling in a day treatment program, which they say perpetuates microaggressions and is harmful. I address some of the challenges in getting eating disorder treatment for a non-binary child and provide some recommendations for finding treatment that affirms their gender whileContinue reading "7. Non-binary child says treatment is harmful"

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In this episode, I respond to a parent whose son has bulimia. He loves being on the cross-country running team, but his treatment team has asked him to stop during treatment. I address the main reasons why parents don’t want to pull kids from sports teams during eating disorder treatment and talk about why theContinue reading "6. Can he keep running during treatment?"

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In this episode, I respond to a parent whose mother-in-law makes frequent comments about other people’s weight and diets. Since her daughter is in eating disorder treatment, this focus on weight and diets is problematic. I give mom some ways to think about grandma’s behavior and then provide a script that will set a clearContinue reading "5. Grandma keeps talking about weight & diets"

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In this episode, I respond to a mom who is getting calls from her daughter who is in an inpatient treatment facility for an eating disorder. The calls are stressful and the mom is ready to go and pull her daughter out. I share a technique for making the decision to keep her daughter inContinue reading "4. Should I pull my daughter out of inpatient treatment?"

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In this episode, I respond to a dad who is worried about his son, who is eating a lot and sneaking food. He’s wondering whether this is binge eating and, if so, what he should do about it. I ask a lot of questions about food structure, restriction, weight, and what’s considered “normal” and “healthy.” Continue reading "3. Son is binge eating – what to do?"

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