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Sex Therapy in Philadelphia
233 S. 6th Street, Suite C-33
Philadelphia PA 19106
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How to help your child in treatment for Anorexia Nervosa
Therapy in Philadelphiawritten by Staff at The Center For Growth
To address their anxiety:
- Listen with compassion
- Ask if you can give them a hug or hold their hand
- Help them identify their sources of stress outside of the eating disorder
- Help them articulate their anxiety
- Help them identify alternate ways (besides using eating disorder symptoms) to manage their anxiety
- Don’t ever blame them for the disorder
To address the identity and avoidance issue:
- Listen with compassion
- Explore with them the question “Who am I?” and “Whom do I want to be?”
- Help them identify the steps they need to take to become a person that has an identity beyond the person with an eating disorder.
- Encourage them to identify and to express their feelings
- Let them know it is ok to express anger and try not to become defensive when they express anger at you
To address the issue of self worth:
- Listen with compassion
- Remind them of what you and other people like about them.
- (E.g. Compassion, their smile)
- Try to model healthy self esteem. If you need to seek professional help for your own self-esteem issues.
Ways to help them combat ‘the eating disorder voice’:
- Listen
- Help them identify how this voice has been hurtful and what it has taken away from them.
- Brainstorm with the person what they have done in the past and what they can do in the future to make the voice go away
- Help them come up with a plan for what they could do to put this backstabbing friend in it's place (e.g. visualizing the voice dissappearing.)
Anorexia Nervosa Topics
Risk factors for Anorexia Nervosa
Feelings about entering therapy for Anorexia Nervosa
Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa: What to expect
What is going on in the mind of someone with Anorexia
How to help support your child in treatment for anorexia Nervosa
The Personality Profiles often associated with Anorexia Nervosa
Suggestions for people with anorexia Nervosa
Recognize and respond to an eating disorder
Founder of Sex Therapy
in Philadelphia
"Alex" Caroline Robboy, CAS,
ACSW, LCSW
To schedule an appointment, please call: 267 - 324 - 9564
If you live in Center City Philadelphia and the surrounding regions, including the Main Line, Montgomery County, Bucks County, Chestery County, Cherry Hill and Southern New Jersey area and want to schedule an appointment for individual therapy, couples therapy, marriage counseling, sex therapy, family therapy or play therapy call (267) 324-9564.
