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Family & Carer Eating Disorder Recovery Coaching Sessions

Through the Family & Carer Eating Disorder Recovery Coaching  sessions (virtual or in-person), you will be equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to better understand your loved one and where they are in their recovery journey. Comprehending where they are coming from, understanding their perspectives and the mindset that defines their reactions, resistance, ambivalence, choices and behaviors, helps to enhance your empathy as well as your confidence in supporting them during challenging times. 

The goal is to offer advice and guidance to parents, partners and anyone that is part of a sufferer’s support system, addressing their concerns and questions relative to all dimensions and expressions of their loved one’s battle and stage of recovery as well as sharing knowledge on eating disorders (what they are, how they develop, how one can heal from them), the recovery process itself ( what to expect, what tools you need to be equipped with to deal with the various stages of it as well as the sufferer’s fluctuating motivation and patience, the dos and don’ts and the art of mastering a constructive code of communication that fosters togetherness versus power struggles). 

These sessions introduce family members and significant others, to the concept of Eating Disorder self and Healthy self.

The Family & Carer Eating Disorder Recovery Coaching  sessions talk to family members and significant others about common incidences and discuss respective guidelines. They are a way to empower your own selves and a reminder that parenting is like therapy, and that your presence counts and can contribute to a great extent towards their healing and lasting recovery. The objective is to grant you a repertoire of practice and emotional skills and tools in how to manage real life situations with your loved one: from how to create a safe, and ED trigger free environment, to practical insights in dealing directly with the food and effective meal support, to navigating along with them situations like shopping, cooking, buying clothes and dealing with body changes, to responding to comments they make when resistance takes over and the ED urges surface,  and so on.  

 

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An Eating Disorder Recovery Coach is not a replacement for a therapist, dietician, or medical or mental health professional, and thus, I cannot provide medical, nutritional, psychological, or other services designated for practice by a medical or mental health professional. My role functions as an adjunct to your treatment team, and my services complement and support those of your primary care providers as I am dealing with unique issues and circumstances that other team members cannot perform due to time constraints, legal parameters, or lack of specific training. As a Recovered Eating Disorder Coach, I help individuals reach their treatment goals in real-life situations, providing support, and appropriate challenges, and serving as both a role model and a guide. I am trained on how to work with the eating disorder population, in both an individual and group setting, to help facilitate growth and behavior change related to recovery.

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