TIP 1: Choose the right treatment team from the start So many of the parents I speak with wasted precious time taking their child to therapists and doctors who had little Read more

I am thrilled to welcome Alexcia Gutierrez as a guest blogger this week. Alexcia is a student at Florida State College at Jacksonville, and was assigned to reach out to Read more

If you are reading this, it’s likely you have recently learned that your child has been diagnosed with an eating disorder. Receiving this kind of news can be shocking, frightening Read more

Are you trying to decide whether or not to tell your child’s school about their eating disorder? Are you worried your child will be stigmatized, punished or judged by their peers Read more

American’s top New Year’s resolutions are:  - Eat better - Exercise more - Spend less money  I track the top resolutions every year, and the truth is, they don’t change much. These are the Read more

Ways to Help Your Child Is your child or teenager so anxious about school they refuse to go?  Are they having trouble getting out of bed in the morning and leaving the Read more

Going cold turkey to stop your eating disorder will not work, even if some doctors and therapists have told you it will. Unfortunately, I’ve had many patients over the years Read more