Episode 38: How to support a loved one struggling with an eating disorder

Therapy Thoughts

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.4 • 651 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Therapy Thoughts, Tiffany breaks down the best ways to support someone struggling with an eating disorder. She shares her own personal experiences with outside support during her eating disorder and shares several resources for listeners to check out to learn more. If you want a better idea of how to support your friends, family, etc. suffering from an eating disorder this episode is a great place to start.

Check out our resources for How to Support a Loved one with an Eating Disorder.

Also check out this resource for Tiffany's favorite Recovery Books!

© 2020. All Rights Reserved Tiffany Roe, LLC. The Therapy Thoughts Podcast is for general informational purposes only. Not intended to diagnose or treat any condition, illness, or disease. Not intended to be financial, legal, medical or therapeutic advice.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Therapy Thoughts podcast.
0:08.8	This is Tiffany Rowe.
0:10.5	I'm a clinical mental health counselor and psychology teacher in Utah.
0:14.6	And I want to change the mental health game.
0:16.9	The Therapy Thoughts podcast is all about breaking down therapy-related topics and making mental
0:22.1	health information easy to understand and super accessible. So join me for quick and direct
0:28.4	educational episodes and some deeper dives with experts from around the world. Together, we are
0:34.6	going to break down stigma. We're going to help each other make peace with mind,
0:38.2	body, and food. We're going to make therapy cool and invest time in our mental health.
0:43.5	Let's do it here, ready to drop some therapy thoughts for you.
1:06.9	This is a long asked for podcast episode.
1:11.9	How can I support a loved one if they have an eating disorder or if I suspect they have
1:18.1	an eating disorder?
1:19.3	This is an informational guide for you.
1:22.3	By no means is it going to cover every aspect of this because there's a lot of nuance. There's a lot of suggestions
1:30.0	out there. I by no means can cover it all, but I hope to give you a starting point, some
1:36.0	validation and some ideas from mostly my lived experience, but now also my professional
1:41.6	experience as a therapist who's worked with folks for over 10 years
1:46.5	dealing with poor relationships with food, whether they struggle with body image,
1:52.7	disordered eating or have developed a diagnosed eating disorder.
1:56.9	I've spent time with a wide variety of folks and want to share a couple ideas I have.
2:01.8	There is work out there that I will tell you about as well as some of my own ideas.
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