Comments on: family therapy for people with eating disorders http://www.moritherapy.org/article/family-therapy-for-people-with-eating-disorders/ making lives better, making better lives Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:48:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Therapist Seattle http://www.moritherapy.org/article/family-therapy-for-people-with-eating-disorders/comment-page-1/#comment-552820 Therapist Seattle Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:01:35 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/family-therapy-for-people-with-eating-disorders/#comment-552820 How do we tackle bulimic adoloscents when the family itself is obese. Some families have a tendency to overeat and overfeed children, starting at infancy. Some cultures do believe in fat children make healthy children. It's a little more complex for a therapist to handle if the family doesn't think the child has an eating disorder. Likewise with overly beauty conscious parents who constantly underfeed children to keep them skinny. Lean need not necessarily be fit too. How do we tackle bulimic adoloscents when the family itself is obese. Some families have a tendency to overeat and overfeed children, starting at infancy. Some cultures do believe in fat children make healthy children. It’s a little more complex for a therapist to handle if the family doesn’t think the child has an eating disorder. Likewise with overly beauty conscious parents who constantly underfeed children to keep them skinny. Lean need not necessarily be fit too.

]]> By: Dylan Emrys, MA http://www.moritherapy.org/article/family-therapy-for-people-with-eating-disorders/comment-page-1/#comment-198674 Dylan Emrys, MA Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:56:09 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/family-therapy-for-people-with-eating-disorders/#comment-198674 So true! And from inside the family, we get so used to those dynamics, it's sometimes hard to see them at all. So true!
And from inside the family, we get so used to those dynamics, it’s sometimes hard to see them at all.

]]> By: isabella mori http://www.moritherapy.org/article/family-therapy-for-people-with-eating-disorders/comment-page-1/#comment-198549 isabella mori Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:32:53 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/family-therapy-for-people-with-eating-disorders/#comment-198549 hi dylan - nice to meet you here! i like how you use the word "mobilize" - because what's holding families back, i believe, is often a sort of paralysis. it's not that people are unwilling or disinterested in helping, it's just that we can be so stuck in our dynamics! hi dylan – nice to meet you here!

i like how you use the word “mobilize” – because what’s holding families back, i believe, is often a sort of paralysis. it’s not that people are unwilling or disinterested in helping, it’s just that we can be so stuck in our dynamics!

]]> By: Dylan Emrys, MA http://www.moritherapy.org/article/family-therapy-for-people-with-eating-disorders/comment-page-1/#comment-196624 Dylan Emrys, MA Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:30:33 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/family-therapy-for-people-with-eating-disorders/#comment-196624 I think this is a great article, and am also surprised that it is "new" news. I work with families and individuals, and it is essential to mobilize the entire family for concerns such as bulimia. I also work with infants, and help parents see how some issues have their origin very early, and can be prevented. In either case, it's a family issue. I think this is a great article, and am also surprised that it is “new” news.

I work with families and individuals, and it is essential to mobilize the entire family for concerns such as bulimia.

I also work with infants, and help parents see how some issues have their origin very early, and can be prevented. In either case, it’s a family issue.

]]> By: Laura Collins http://www.moritherapy.org/article/family-therapy-for-people-with-eating-disorders/comment-page-1/#comment-196518 Laura Collins Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:15:30 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/family-therapy-for-people-with-eating-disorders/#comment-196518 Thank you, Isabella, I'm going to check those links out. Thank you, Isabella, I’m going to check those links out.

]]> By: isabella mori http://www.moritherapy.org/article/family-therapy-for-people-with-eating-disorders/comment-page-1/#comment-196498 isabella mori Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:41:03 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/family-therapy-for-people-with-eating-disorders/#comment-196498 laura - thanks for your comment. i think by now most experts in the field would agree that anorexia, like other mental health issues, is a complex issue. i totally agree, saying that families "cause" eating disorders would be a very simple-minded way of looking at things. i personally would not want to be part of any family therapy that was about "fixing" the family. family therapy of whatever stripe always needs to be about increased respect, communication and collaboration among family members and should never be about blaming. as for what constitutes best treatment - maudsley or otherwise - i am with <a href="http://www.talkingcure.com/index.asp?id=100">scott miller</a> whose extensive research shows that treatment modality only plays a small role in predicting therapy effectiveness. and thanks for your comments, too, alina. please feel free to look through my <a href="http://www.moritherapy.org/article/category/eating-disorders-body-image/">eating disorders</a> category and follow the links there. you'll find interesting information there. here are a few more sites you may want to look at: http://www.theage.com.au/news/fashion/models-anorexia-comments-spark-debate/2007/01/25/1169594425057.html http://www.lifespan.org/services/mentalhealth/articles/eating/anx_causes.htm http://www.med.umich.edu/depression/BrightNights/EatingDisordersandDepression07.htm laura – thanks for your comment.

i think by now most experts in the field would agree that anorexia, like other mental health issues, is a complex issue. i totally agree, saying that families “cause” eating disorders would be a very simple-minded way of looking at things.

i personally would not want to be part of any family therapy that was about “fixing” the family.

family therapy of whatever stripe always needs to be about increased respect, communication and collaboration among family members and should never be about blaming.

as for what constitutes best treatment – maudsley or otherwise – i am with scott miller whose extensive research shows that treatment modality only plays a small role in predicting therapy effectiveness.

and thanks for your comments, too, alina. please feel free to look through my eating disorders category and follow the links there. you’ll find interesting information there.

here are a few more sites you may want to look at:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/fashion/models-anorexia-comments-spark-debate/2007/01/25/1169594425057.html

http://www.lifespan.org/services/mentalhealth/articles/eating/anx_causes.htm

http://www.med.umich.edu/depression/BrightNights/EatingDisordersandDepression07.htm

]]> By: Laura Collins http://www.moritherapy.org/article/family-therapy-for-people-with-eating-disorders/comment-page-1/#comment-196347 Laura Collins Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:13:28 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/family-therapy-for-people-with-eating-disorders/#comment-196347 Although similar in name, "family therapy" and "family-based therapy" are very different. The Minuchin model has been eclipsed and while it helped form the later concept of "family-based" treatment they have one important difference: Family-Based (also called Maudsley) treatment is absolutely not about families causing the illness. It is about mobilizing the family as the best ally against the illness. It is not about fixing the family. For families interested in learning more about FBT and Maudsley please visit the parent-led web site, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.maudsleyparents.org">Maudsley Parents</a>. Families do not cause eating disorders, but they really can be part of the solution. Although similar in name, “family therapy” and “family-based therapy” are very different.

The Minuchin model has been eclipsed and while it helped form the later concept of “family-based” treatment they have one important difference:

Family-Based (also called Maudsley) treatment is absolutely not about families causing the illness. It is about mobilizing the family as the best ally against the illness.

It is not about fixing the family.

For families interested in learning more about FBT and Maudsley please visit the parent-led web site, Maudsley Parents.
Families do not cause eating disorders, but they really can be part of the solution.

]]> By: Alina Popescu http://www.moritherapy.org/article/family-therapy-for-people-with-eating-disorders/comment-page-1/#comment-196068 Alina Popescu Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:57:06 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/family-therapy-for-people-with-eating-disorders/#comment-196068 This is a very interesting article. And I think it should be republished in countries where eating disorders are only now becoming a major problem and where parents lack the knowledge and awareness to consider them a real issue. Romania is such an example. No real studies, no real treatments, no real concern. I would really like to see a similar study for anorexic teenagers to be honest. Thank you for the link with details on this subject and if you have more to recommend, I would really appreciate it. This is a very interesting article. And I think it should be republished in countries where eating disorders are only now becoming a major problem and where parents lack the knowledge and awareness to consider them a real issue. Romania is such an example. No real studies, no real treatments, no real concern.

I would really like to see a similar study for anorexic teenagers to be honest. Thank you for the link with details on this subject and if you have more to recommend, I would really appreciate it.

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