EDFA’s Top 10 Tips for Eating Disorder Carers at Easter
EDFA’s Top 10 Tips for Eating Disorder Carers at Easter Holidays, such as Easter, can be a stressful time for any family, but they can
March 27, 2024
What Does Eating Disorder Recovery Look Like?
If you have a loved one on the path to recovery, it’s crucial to understand the various signs that indicate recovery.
January 10, 2024
Carer Tips For The Holiday Season
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.
December 6, 2023
Co-dependency in Eating Disorders
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.
November 9, 2023
What Is Really Underneath My Loved One’s ‘Food Refusal’?
Food. A basic necessity for survival and functioning. For many of us, it is a joyful, pleasant experience.
For someone with an eating disorder, food is coupled with sheer terror. Yet, it is an essential ‘medicine’ and the key to maintaining life.
September 7, 2023
How To Help Your Child Understand Their Changing Body
Worldwide, an overwhelming amount of the population, children and adults alike, report struggling with body image concerns. In Australia alone, some staggering statistics are: Body
July 11, 2023
Lived-Experience Advice from our Forum
Lived-Experience Advice from our Forum As part of our strive Carer Support Program, we offer a private, daily support forum on Facebook – a 24/7
June 21, 2022
What does recovery look like? What are the signs? What to look for?
Recovery from eating disorders – what are the signs? We wish that we could tell you that recovery from eating disorders is a linear process.
June 7, 2022
