The Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast

How Family-Based Therapy saved my life — a message from a young survivor


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In this podcast I talk to Emma Cunningham about how family-based therapy saved her life. This is a very enlightening perspective from a survivor — an important listen for parents who are currently administering FBT, or contemplating it.

Emma has suffered from Anorexia, and explains how her parents worked with professionals versed in family-based therapy practices to put her in an environment where her eating disorder could not survive. In fact, not only did Emma move into a firm place of recovery from her Anorexia, but she is now an advocate for family-based therapy as an effective form of treatment. What an incredible young woman!

If you are at all on the fence about family-based therapy, don’t take it from me. You don’t even have to take it from the professionals who use it to treat eating disorder patients. Listen to this 15-year-old survivor and see what she has to say about it.

In this podcast we discuss:

  • How family based therapy is difficult, but it will strengthen relationships in the long run
  • Why parents should not hesitate to go into family-based therapy
  • How survivors respect and are thankful to parents who help them recover
  • How FBT allows sufferers to recover the fastest way, and this lets them continue with their lives without an eating disorder.
  • How families can work together even when they are not all living together
  • The influence of school and how to manage school during treatment.
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