Parents Act Now! Help Your Teenager Beat Anorexia Nervosa
Stanford University
This course comprises of based on principals of 10 lectures that are coupled 12 teleconferencing meetings with a therapist qualified in Family-Based Treatment to discuss specific problems and provide guided support. Available to you through this Guided Parental Self-Help Version of Family-Based Treatment is short instructive videos, parental resources (i.e, a BMI calculator and assigned readings), a therapy journal, and access to an online parental support network through discussion forums.
About this Course
You have up to 6 months to complete this treatment from the date of your first session. You will have an onboarding session with your therapist prior to the first session to get you oriented to the course and go over the different features available to you.
What You'll Learn
- How anorexia changes your child and understanding the physical and mental complications of starvation and weight loss have
- Why you as parents are best placed to step in and intervene.
- The nature of anorexia nervosa and what you are dealing with when it comes to food and eating, and starting to find ways to help your child effectively.
- Tools to think about when dealing with the early days of renourishing your child back to health.
- Strategies for when feel that you are ready to start transitioning responsibility for eating back to your child.
- What you should be aiming for in terms of helping your child return to a healthy developmental trajectory.
Instructors
Jim Lock
Dr.