Therapy and Eating Disorder Help for Families and Loved Ones

Working with anyone who is trying to understand or help support a loved one with an eating disorder. Stop letting the eating disorder wreak havoc in your life and the life of your loved one.

When someone you care about has an eating disorder it can feel confusing, overwhelming, and scary.

Family talking with professional about daughters health. When you’re seeing a family memeber struggling with eating disorders, getting eating disorder help matters. If you as a family need support try eating disorder support in Brevard County, FL for families. Call now and beginning coping with anxiety, stress, and more!

Most people who start family therapy to help a loved one who has an eating disorder may be hesitant thinking somehow they have contributed or caused the eating disorder. There is nothing further from the truth. People who have eating disorders are genetically predisposed and you did not cause the eating disorder to form. Maybe you have just been in denial about the eating disorder and giving into diet culture norms and standards but we can explore this and help you learn and grow.

Maybe you feel like you are constantly walking on eggshells as you are constantly worrying about your loved one and feeling like you have somehow failed. Stuck in your head and feeling worried, or anxious all the time, you may feel like living with your loved one is exhausting and confusing.

Do You Feel Scared, Lost, Overwhelmed About Helping People with Eating Disorders?

Do any of the following resonate with you?

  • You feel tired from being up at night worrying about your loved one
  • Perhaps, you are confused as to how such a bright and intelligent person is struggling with something that seems so illogical
  • You want to do something to help your loved one and you don’t know what that is.
  • Maybe, you feel guilty because sometimes it is easier to avoid your loved one and you just want to escape the chaos.
  • You are exhausted from the constant walking on eggshells and listening to the eating disorder overtake your loved one.

If these sound true for you, we want you to know that even though you feel lost and exhausted by your loved one’s eating disorder behaviors, you are not alone. It takes courage and strength to support a person who is struggling with an eating disorder. Eating disorder support in Brevard County, FL for families of a person with ED can help you to better understand how you can do this without burning yourself out.

Getting Eating disorder support and understanding the eating disorder thoughts and behaviors helps to empower you to work with your loved one to overcome the eating disorder.

Family treatment and eating disorder support when a loved one has an eating disorder can help you take back your life and help your loved one take back theirs.

Woman in kitchen dancing. Finding freedom for yourself and your family is something to celebrate. Get eating disorder help from an eating disorder therapist here. Call now and see what eating disorder support in Brevard county, FL our online therapists in Florida can offer!

It’s possible to feel better. Imagine a life where you could…

  • Better understand the eating disorder and your loved one
  • Learn real-life ways to help your loved one fight back against their eating disorder
  • Stop worrying all the time
  • Learn how to take care of yourself while supporting your loved one.
  • Have a meal without a fight.
  • Go to sleep without concern that your loved one is obsessively exercising.

Start helping your loved one beat their eating disorder while taking care of yourself with eating disorder support for families

Family treatment when a loved one has an eating disorder helps you rise above the eating disorder challenges and start moving towards recovery and a life with your loved one with less confusion, chaos, and anxiety and more confidence, closeness, and calm

You will get the practical tools and effective skills you need to support your loved one effectively and simultaneously take care of you.

Even if you are fearful that no one has been able to help so far and you are at your wit’s end, we are here to help when a loved one has an eating disorder and we have been helping many families.

We’ve helped people who have loved ones with an eating disorder better understand how to support their loved ones. While taking care of themselves as well in eating disorder support for families in Brevard County, FL. Through education, understanding the thought processes underlying the behaviors, and the application of new skills you will find hopefulness and progress with your loved one.

We are True You Always and we are online therapists in Florida, and trained parenting coaches who are here to help you get back your life!

How Family treatment works with eating disorder support for families and supporting a loved one who has an eating disorder

Family treatment sessions consist of 45-55 min, one-on-one or family sessions that help you work through your concerns. In addition to listening, your online therapist will share what science tells us about eating disorders, provide practical tools and education to move you towards solutions, and help you understand how you can play an active role in your loved one’s recovery. Here’s how it will work step-by-step:

  1. First, your therapist will provide a safe, accepting space so that you will feel comfortable sharing your experience and struggles with them.
  2. Through working with you (and your loved one if desired) your therapist will start to get a picture of what your specific struggles are.
  3. Next, your therapist will start by providing education and help you to understand your loved one and their experience.
  4. Keeping your unique situation in mind you will also work together to discover tools and skills that you can use to help yourself and your loved one.
  5. Over the course of your sessions, you will start to feel more confident in your ability to understand the eating disorder, its impact on you and your loved one, and how to best move forward.

Research shows that family support when a loved one has an eating disorder can positively change your thinking, beliefs, emotions, and behaviors. It can help you let go of what’s holding you back.

Happy friends and family eating and drinking coffee together. When you’re able to find freedom with your family with eating disorder treatment. Call now and begin eating disorder support in brevard county, FL for families.

Meet our expert online therapists

Donna, an online therapist in Florida. If you're dealing with relationship problems, grief, depression, anxiety, or other issues, Donna can help. Try online therapy in Florida with her soon!

Donna

Specialties: Disordered Eating, Personality disorders, Anxiety, Self-harm, and Crisis intervention.

(Ages 10+)

Katy Oswald

Katy

Specialties: Anxiety, depression, communication skills, addiction, eating disorders, life transitions, and emotional regulation skills.

(Ages 16+)

Start Receiving Eating Disorder Support in Brevard County, FL for Families

Supporting a loved one is complicated when it comes to eating disorder help. If you’re worried about helping people with eating disorders or helping people with binge eating disorders. Or even have a loved one who needs anorexia treatment or struggles with body image, contact us. It’s challenging to do this alone and our eating disorder therapists can help. To start your counseling journey at True You Always in Florida, schedule your free phone consultation to determine if this is the right service for you, or follow these simple steps:

  1. Contact True You Always
  2. Meet with our expert eating disorder therapists
  3. Start gaining control and feeling free from anxiety in order to support your loved ones!

Other Services at True You Always

If you’re experiencing anxiety or burnout from working with a loved one who needs eating disorder help, then tag in some of our eating disorder therapists to manage your mental health and your loved ones. If you’re seeking more help, we offer many other services. Other mental health services True You Always provides include therapy for allergies and chronic illnesscouples therapyfamily therapytherapy for teenstherapy for disordered eatingtherapy for adultssubstance use disordersPTSD treatment and trauma therapyjob-related stress, and therapy for first responders. All of our services are offered via online therapy in Florida.

We also provide online life coaching which is available in the US or internationally. In our practice, we provide coaching for women working to develop authenticity in their lives and to develop more self-love. Together, we strive to be authentic and true to ourselves, and we encourage you to do the same. In therapy, what you see is what you get! Lastly, no matter who you are, we welcome you. Whatever background and identity you come from, we are here for you. We are also LGBTQIA+ friendly therapists and want to provide a safe and healthy space for you.  When you’re ready, begin therapy with us!

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