When Your Teen Has an Eating Disorder Quotes

“Let’s pause on this. The attitudes and behaviors found among patients with eating disorders (such as preoccupation with and anxiety around food) have often been considered the causes of an eating disorder. The Keys study suggests they may be the symptoms. In other words, your teen’s obsessive thinking, fear of food, and problematic eating behaviors are likely the result of the eating disorder, not the cause. This is a radical rethinking of the situation.”
― Lauren Muhlheim, When Your Teen Has an Eating Disorder: Practical Strategies to Help Your Teen Recover from Anorexia, Bulimia, and Binge Eating

“My ten years as a therapist for families facing eating disorders have convinced me that treatments in which parents play a central role offer the greatest—maybe the only—chance for your teen’s full recovery.”
― Lauren Muhlheim, When Your Teen Has an Eating Disorder: Practical Strategies to Help Your Teen Recover from Anorexia, Bulimia, and Binge Eating

“You may even be considering an option that takes you out of the picture for a while, and the problem out of the house. But if you look at the data, and you talk with researchers and successful families, it is clear that the best place to recover is at home, the best daily providers are family, and the best professional supports utilize modern methods backed by research.”
― Lauren Muhlheim, When Your Teen Has an Eating Disorder: Practical Strategies to Help Your Teen Recover from Anorexia, Bulimia, and Binge Eating