Last Reviewed: 01 Jun 2025
Resources for Families and 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
F.E.A.S.T
Beat Eating Disorders (UK)
www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk
Treating Eating Disorders
www.treatingeatingdisorders.com
Mental Health Carers NSW
Feed Your Instinct
How Far is Too Far?
headspace
Recovery Resources
Centre for Clinical Interventions
Academy for Eating Disorders - AED
(USA/International) www.aedweb.org
National Eating Disorders Collaboration
National Eating Disorders Association - NEDA
(USA)
www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
Eating Disorder Hope (US)
Eating Disorder Families Australia (EDFA)
The Butterfly Foundation
www.thebutterflyfoundation.org.au
Eating Disorders Victoria
Eating Disorders Association (QLD)
BRIDGES. Eating Disorders Association of
Western Australia
Child and Adolescent Health Service (WA)
https://pch.health.wa.gov.au/Our-services/MentalHealth/Eating-Disorders-Service
Reaching Out (Australia)
Bodywhys - The Eating Disorders Association of
Ireland
Beyond Blue
Eva Musby
Helping you support your child to recover from an
eating disorder, anywhere in the world
One More Mum’s Blog
Online Support for Families & 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:
SANE Carers Forum is 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:
Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders (F.E.A.S.T) is an international organisation of and for caregivers of people with eating disorders. F.E.A.S.T information and online forums available. https://www.feast-ed.org/around-the-dinner-tableforum/
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, MargotWeinshel
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-Es teem 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 Grange
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 Ganc
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