Eating disorders carers desperate: Unprecedented demand for world’s first lived-experience counselling service MEDIA RELEASE March 20, 2023 Exploding demand for a unique, lived-experience counselling service
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If you have a loved one on the path to recovery, it’s crucial to understand the various signs that indicate recovery.
I could talk about all of my traumatic life experiences for days on end, from coming out of the closet and being bullied to domestic violence and sexual harassment, but I want to focus on my eating disorder recovery journey and a key influence in that. I believe being open, honest and having an accountability buddy is a way to not only commence but aid your recovery. For me, that person was my mum.
The holiday season can be a challenging time for carers and families supporting a loved one with an eating disorder. Our free counselling service and support forum will be open during the holidays to assist in managing the challenges of the holiday season.
Purging is defined broadly as a series of actions taken with the intention of ridding the body of any food or liquid. The underlying factors that contribute to purging are complex and related to emotional distress, stress, anxiety and other negative emotions. As a carer and the most ideal methods of treatment, the most valuable role that you can play is one of support, non judgement and acceptance of where your loved one is at, whilst educating yourself about the illness and seeking to gain skills and strategies for you and your loved one.
A complex and uncomfortable topic is the suggestion of a co-dependent relationship between a person with an eating disorder and their parent/carer. While it is understandable that a child or adult with an active ED is very dependent on their carers, the opposite can also be true, where the parents’ emotion and actions are dictated by the eating disorder of their loved ones.
We’re about to celebrate the first month of EDFA’s Fill The Gap counselling service. In our first month of operations, more than 60 carers have attended appointments with our lived experience counsellors. The feedback has been overwhelming positive.
