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How to Cope this Thanksgiving – Intern Anna’s 5 Tips

How to Cope this Thanksgiving – Intern Anna’s 5 Tips

Family caregivers have shared how utterly painful and difficult the holidays are for their loved one with an eating disorder. Thanksgiving typically being the most difficult with so much of the focus on food for many families. Last year Intern Anna shared her helpful...

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What We Wish Recovery Looked Like – by, Becky Henry, CPCC

What We Wish Recovery Looked Like – by, Becky Henry, CPCC

Family caregivers of those with eating disorders often STILL get a bad rap. Thankfully, many clinicians now see the value in supporting these caregivers who are typically trying to help save a family member’s life. It’s still very common sadly to hear clinicians say...

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Therapeutic Apology – by, Becky Henry, CPCC

Therapeutic Apology – by, Becky Henry, CPCC

Thank you to all of you who take your time and energy to read my newsletters/blogs, I really appreciate it and am so glad to hear of how so many of you have found helpful information and support from them. Sometimes I miss the mark for some folks. After my post last...

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How to Tame Caregiver Fears – by, Becky Henry, CPCC

How to Tame Caregiver Fears – by, Becky Henry, CPCC

Fear is a normal response when a loved one is in crisis. No kidding, right? It seems it should not have to be said...and yet for the clinicians who work with people in crisis daily and are used to the constant parade of crisis situations coming their way, crises...

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Why Pride & Eating Disorders? – by, Becky Henry, CPCC

Why Pride & Eating Disorders? – by, Becky Henry, CPCC

Why is it important to talk about Pride during June when our focus here is support for caregivers of those with eating disorders? I’d love to hear your thoughts after you read my thoughts as well as those of 2TravelDads. My Top 3 Reasons Why Pride is Important for...

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Oxygen for Caregivers – by, Becky Henry, CPCC

Oxygen for Caregivers – by, Becky Henry, CPCC

Family caregivers of those with eating disorders are often resistant to the concept of self care. It totally makes sense, you have a loved one who is being hijacked by a life threatening eating disorder and I’m over here talking about something that many have been...

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A Mother’s Day Gift – by, Becky Henry, CPCC

A Mother’s Day Gift – by, Becky Henry, CPCC

Describing the love a mother feels for her children is easier said than done. You see those of us who have had the honor of becoming moms/mums never had any idea of the intensity, immensity and unreasonability of the love we would feel for these humans. Seriously, no...

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Recovery Reflection – by Intern Anna

Recovery Reflection – by Intern Anna

It would be such a game changer for family caregivers to know what most clinicians know, which is that full recovery is possible. Even though we don't have an agreed upon clear definition in the field of what "Recovered" actually is. Most agree that "living in...

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Caregiver Burnout Solutions – by, Becky Henry, CPCC

Caregiver Burnout Solutions – by, Becky Henry, CPCC

Parents and other family caregivers of those with eating disorders often want to give up and/or run away. Anxiety and fear are normal reactions to seeing your child/family member disappear before your eyes. The demands on a family caregiver are so profound I often say...

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Tips for Supporting a Solid Recovery – by, Intern Anna

Tips for Supporting a Solid Recovery – by, Intern Anna

Family caregivers often share their distress about how to continue to support a loved one in recovery when they have stepped down to lower levels of care. It's really hard when we're afraid for our loved one's life to focus on what we can do to support them rather...

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