When Your Teen Has an Eating Disorder: Practical Strategies to Help Your Teen Recover from Anorexia, Bulimia, and Binge Eating (16pt Large Print Edition) - Softcover

Muhlheim, Lauren

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0369355970 ISBN 13: 9780369355973

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant, 2020

Synopsis

Having a teen with an eating disorder can leave parents feeling helpless. To help empower these parents, a clinical psychologist and expert in eating disorders offers an evidence-based program using family-based treatment (FBT) to help parents and caregivers take charge of their teen's nutritional rehabilitation, which includes normalizing eating behaviors, managing meals, expanding food flexibility, teaching independent and intuitive eating habits, and utilizing coping strategies and recovery skills to prevent relapse.

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About the Author

Lauren Muhlheim, PsyD is a clinical psychologist and eating disorders specialist. Muhlheim trained at the Rutgers Eating Disorder Clinic, and is certified in family-based treatment (FBT) by the Training Institute for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders. She is certified as an eating disorder specialist (CEDS) through the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals (IAEDP), and has worked in a variety of settings, including an obesity research center, inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, group homes, and in private practice where more than 80 percent of her patients present with eating disorders. Muhlheim conducts workshops and seminars for parents, treatment professionals, graduate students in psychology, and psychiatry residents approximately six times per year. She has her own website and blog, is the eating disorders expert for www.verywell.com, and is clinical director for the eating disorder information website, Mirror-Mirror Eating Disorder (www.mirror-mirror.org/eatdis.htm). She's affiliated with a number of eating disorder and psychology organizations, and is very active on social media. She has built a solid professional platform around eating disorder recovery using FBT. Currently, she is director of Eating Disorder Therapy LA, a multidisciplinary, specialized outpatient eating disorder practice in the heart of Los Angeles, CA.

Edition details

• Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0369355970
• ISBN 13: 9780369355973
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 340