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April ARFID Parent Support Group
April 3 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
$40.00![Support Group for Parents of Children with ARFID [image description: graphic with the text: "Virtual support group for parents of children with ARFID. EDTLA offers a monthly virtual support group for parents and caretakers located anywhere of youth aged 10-20 with Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID). This is led alternately by our experts and certified eating disorder specialists, Carolyn Comas, LCSW and Lauren Muhlheim, Psy.D.) . First Wednesday of the month, 12 pm pacific. Cost $40 Register on our website]](https://www.eatingdisordertherapyla.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/FB-Parent-of-ARFID-Support-Group-1.png)
We welcome parents of youth 10 to 20 with Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) to our virtual support group.
Parenting a young person with ARFID is challenging. Feeding a child or teen or young adult with ARFID is extremely challenging. Meals may feel like a constant struggle. You have likely been given conflicting advice about whether to cater to their food preferences or not. Also, you may feel like you’re running ragged searching for their preferred brand of yogurt or chicken nuggets or having to bring home the exact right fast food every night. You may have run out of ideas for what food to serve them. They may be eating the same eight foods over and over again and the list of foods they are willing to eat only seems to get smaller over time. You feel worried about their health and you know they are not getting enough nutrition.
We have been supporting parents in supporting their teens with ARFID. Our work is rooted in Family-Based Treatment for child and teen eating disorders and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for ARFID. In our work with families of teens with ARFID, we see how hard it is to parent and feed and support recovery. This is why we have created a monthly support group for parents of teens with ARFID.
This monthly group is alternately led by Lauren Muhlheim, Psy.D., CEDS-S and Carolyn Comas, LCSW, CEDS-S over zoom. We will provide psychoeducation about ARFID, the different types of ARFID, how it may develop, maintaining factors, and recovery strategies. Parents will be able to share struggles and successes.