Contents
Skills-based Learning for Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder equips carers with the skills and knowledge needed to support and encourage those suffering from an eating disorder, and to help them to break free from the traps that prevent recovery.
- Preface.
- Shifting Responsibility - The Lived Experience of an Eating Disorder.
- Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder - First Steps
- Working with a Joint Understanding of the Illness - Basic Facts about Eating Disorders.
- Which Kind of Carer are You?
- Stress, Strain and Developing Resilience.
- Consequences - Understanding Medical Risk.
- Understanding Change.
- Communication.
- Interpersonal Relationships.
- Modelling Emotional Intelligence and Problem-solving Skills.
- Managing Undereating.
- How to Help with Bingeing and Overeating.
- Managing Difficult Behaviours.
- Reflection, Review - and Relaxation.