What You Can Do When Your Teenager is Anxious
While many societal factors drive anxiety in young people, the parent-teen dynamic is one area where you have real agency to make a positive shift. There are four main parenting styles that are helpful to understand: Authoritative, Permissive, Authoritarian and Neglectful…
Beyond Eating Disorder Contracts: From High School to University
Once a client stabilizes medically and psychologically, I recommend co-creating a health plan for the university or work transition, rather than a contract. The focus shifts away from strict compliance rules and toward collaborative goals and strategies designed to guide them through the change – focusing on skills they have already practiced in therapy for months.
Eating Disorder Recovery: Is Your Daughter or Son Ready for University?
One of the biggest transitions for any teenager is the move from high school to college or university. If your daughter or son is also in recovery from an eating disorder, it can be frightening to let them go.
What if they aren’t ready? What if they relapse?
It’s scary as a parent…
Guide: What to Do if Your Daughter or Son Has an Eating Disorder
I’ve written a few articles that I hope will help parents who want to take steps to get their child help but don’t know where to start. Please read through them all and, if it’s your daughter who’s struggling, consider enrolling them in my online course shown below.
How to Talk to Your Daughter or Son if They Have an Eating Disorder: What to Say, What Not to Say
I often hear this from parents who have teenagers with eating disorders: they try their best to say the right things when it comes to food, but their teen reacts with an angry outburst or won’t talk to them at all. Here are examples of what to say and not to say to help you navigate conversations.