Resources for Families & Carers

Educating yourself about the illness and learning about other people’s experiences can help you feel empowered to help support your loved one with an eating disorder in their recovery.

Eating disorders affects not just the person, but their loved ones, so this list includes resources for both the person and their support system.

Here are some resources that you may find useful:

Websites:

Maudsley Parents
www.maudsleyparents.org

F.E.A.S.T
www.feast-ed.org

Beat Eating Disorders (UK)
www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk

Treating Eating Disorders
www.treatingeatingdisorders.com

Mental Health Carers NSW
www.mentalhealthcarersnsw.org

Feed Your Instinct
www.feedyourinstinct.com.au

If Not Dieting, Then What?
www.ifnotdieting.com.au

How Far is Too Far?
www.howfaristoofar.org.au

headspace
www.headspace.org.au

Recovery Resources
www.recoveryresources.com.au

The Centre for Mindful Eating https://www.thecenterformindfuleating.org/

Centre for Clinical Interventions www.cci.health.wa.gov.au

Academy for Eating Disorders -
AED (USA/International)
www.aedweb.org

National Eating Disorders Collaboration www.nedc.com.au

National Eating Disorders Association -
NEDA (USA)
www.nationaleatingdisorders.org

Eating Disorder Hope www.eatingdisorderhope.com

Eating Disorder Families Australia (EDFA)
www.edfa.org.au

The Butterfly Foundation
www.thebutterflyfoundation.org.au

Eating Disorders Victoria
www.eatingdisorders.org.au

Eating Disorders Association (QLD)
www.eda.org.au

BRIDGES. Eating Disorders Association of
Western Australia
www.bridges.net.au

Child and Adolescent Health Service (WA)
https://pch.health.wa.gov.au/Our-services/Mental-
Health/Eating-Disorders-Service

Reaching Out (Australia)
www.au.reachout.com

Bodywhys - The Eating Disorders Association of Ireland
www.bodywhys.ie

Beyond Blue \
www.beyondblue.org.au

Eva Musby
Helping you support your child to recover
from an eating disorder, anywhere in the
world \
www.anorexiafamily.com

One More Mum’s Blog
www.onemoremum.wordpress.com

Online Support for Family & Carers:

The Butterfly Foundation
Online and face-to-face support groups for
parents, carers and siblings who support someone with an eating disorder. Available online at set times to enable people to share experiences with others in similar situations.\
www.thebutterflyfoundation.org

SANE Carers Forum
An Australian service for families, friends and other carers of someone living with mental illness. This is an online forum for carers, where stories are shared, and help is provided by other carers.\
www.saneforums.org

Families Empowered and Supporting
Treatment of Eating Disorders
(F.E.A.S.T)\
An international organisation of, and for, caregivers of people with eating disorders. Information and online forums available.\
www.feast-ed.org www.aroundthedinnertable.org

Closed Facebook groups www.edfa.org.au/family-and-carer-wellbeing/ family-and-carer-support-organisations/international/

Books:

Skills-Based Learning for Caring for a
Loved One with an Eating Disorder: The
New Maudsley Method
By Janet Treasure, Grainne Smith and Anna
Crane

Talking to Eating Disorders: Simple
Ways to Support Someone who has
Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating or Other
Eating Disorders
By Jeanne Heaton and Claudia Strauss

Conquering Eating Disorders: How
Family Communications Heals
By Sue Cooper and Peggy Norton

If Your Adolescent has an Eating Disorder: An Essential Resource for Parents
By Timothy Walsh and V. L. Cameron

Surviving an Eating Disorder: Strategies
for Families and Friends
By Michelle Siegel, Judith Brisman, Margot
Weinshel

Anorexia Nervosa: A Survival Guide for
Families, Friends and Sufferers
By Janet Treasure

Eating Disorders: The Facts
By Suzanne Abraham

A Collaborative Approach to Eating
Disorders
By June Alexander and Janet Treasure

Within, Part One
By Karen McGratten

Everybody’s Different: A Positive Approach to Teaching about Health, Puberty, Body Image, Nutrition, Self-Esteem and Obesity Prevention
By Jenny O’Dea

Eating Disorders
By Stephen Touyz, Janet Polivy and Phillipa
Hay

Interventions for Body Image and Eating Disorders: Evidence and Practice
By Susan Paxton and Phillipa Hay

Eating with your Anorexic
By Laura Collins

Boys Get Anorexia Too: Coping with
male eating disorders in the family
By Jenny Langley

Your Dieting Daughter: Antidotes Parents can Provide for Body Dissatisfaction, Excessive Dieting, and Disordered
Eating
By Carolyn Costin

Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder
By James Lock and Daniel le Grande

The Boy Who Loved Apples: A mother’s
battle with her son’s anorexia
By Amanda Webster

Overcoming Binge Eating (2nd Edition)
By Christopher Fairburn

Survive FBT: Skills Manual for Parents
Undertaking Family Based Treatment
(FBT) for Child and Adolescent Anorexia
Nervosa
By Maria Ganci