Parents' Seminar

I am often asked what to do by parents who are at the end of their patience and strength:

“How do I sit and watch my daughter/son starve themselves?”

“How do I watch her/him binge on food I know that they really don’t want or need knowing that they will purge it afterwards?”

“My friends tell me that they wouldn't let their child do this, how do I prevent it? Am I supposed to push food into their mouths?”

“My friends say that I should lock the pantry and the fridge. How can I do that? What about the rest of the family?”

“He/she blames me, is it my fault? What have I done wrong?”

“My other children don’t behave in this way, why does she/he?”

“The rest of the family are fed up and angry. They say that the eating disorder rules our lives, how we live, where we holiday and what we do together as a family……. and it does. What can I do about that?”

These are just some of the questions that I am asked by exhausted and despairing parents.

• Learn where to seek help and how to ask the right questions.
• Learn how to become a parent again and not your child’s therapist.
• Learn how to manage the situation with love and responsibility without taking on the guilt so often experienced at these times.
• Learn how to manage the despair when nothing seems right for your child, when they reject everything and everyone offered for their recovery.
• Learn how to take care of yourself and the rest of your family.
• Learn what to do when it all seems so unfair and that you will never be a family again.
• Learn how to live with love and hope in your heart.

We can arrange either one or two day seminars in Spain or the UK according to demand.