Overview

As a professional with many years working in this often dark and scary world I understand and empathise with the challenges, enduring sadness and desperation that is at the heart of every person who is supporting their loved ones through the minefield of disordered eating behaviour. I understand how overwhelming and totally consuming it can be and how the journey to recovery is often hugely frustrating. How hopeless and helpless you may be feeling as you endure this overpowering battle to support your loved ones towards health.

I have had much success working with families sometimes entrenched in the world of eating disorders who often feel that they are drowning at the mercy of these often cruel and unrelenting illnesses. My job is to help you as a family understand the war that goes on in your loved one’s heads and how to support them in recovery.

What can you expect to learn?

I will work with you to fight back, and regain your power as a family and teach you the skills that will enable you to deal with the huge difficulties you have been enduring in the world that you would never have chosen as the path for your loved ones to have ever walked.

Specific learnings include;

-       The nature of eating disorders

-       How to talk about the eating disorder

-       Dealing with challenging behaviour

-       Supporting recovery

-       Triggers and relapse signs

-       Managing relapse

Training format

Given the sensitivity of this training I work with the family in a relaxed an open environment. These sessions are flexible but often are held over a few sessions for a couple of hours at a time during the different stages and development of the eating disorder.

Who is eligible for this training?

Anyone who is caring for someone with an eating disorder – this largely tends to be immediate family.