Is the (Eating Disorder) Treatment Your Child is Getting FBT?

How Do You Know Your Teen Really Received Family-Based Treatment? [Image description: purple scrabble tiles spelling "How you you know the treatment is really FBT?'] in California

Family-Based Treatment:  How Do You Know Whether Your Child Got The Real Thing? When I speak to new families about Family-Based Treatment (FBT), I often find that they are confused about what it is and what it isn’t. What is FBT? Family-Based Treatment (FBT) is a type of evidence-based treatment for child and teen eating …

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Presentation at NEDA 2015 conference

Lauren and Katie presenting NEDA 2015

Katie and I had the honor of presenting in the Individual, Family, and Friends track at the National Eating Disorder Association Conference in San Diego yesterday.  The title of our talk was:  Family Based Nutrition Therapy:  Creating A Supportive Environment.  It was a chance to share the way we work to support families who are …

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Parental direction works, but don’t expect your kid to be happy about it: Research on The Family Meal in FBT

Parents charged with helping their children to recover in Family-Based Treatment often wonder 1) how to actually get their children to eat and 2) whether they will harm their children or the parent-child relationship by requiring them to eat. A recent study addressed these concerns by looking at the family meal.         …

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