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When Your Child Has an Eating Disorder:
A Step-By-Step Workbook for Parents
and Other Caregivers
What Readers are Saying
Testimonials
Recommended by Parents
"Before reading your book, I had
found no resource that had it all, especially words for those
who love and want to help someone we fear is a disordered eater.
I have read your book cover to cover and plan to recommend it to
everyone who asks me questions because you have done an
incredible job at answering them all."
—Doris Smeltzer
"The first read-through confirmed some things I already knew
about eating disorders and opened my eyes to a lot of
misconceptions I had had. Most importantly it gave me hope. The
second read-through spoke to me very personally about my own
daughter and helped the entire family through the difficult
recovery process that left us all reeling."
—Mary Byronne
First of all, thank you for writing, When
Your Child Has an Eating Disorder: A Step-by-Step Workbook for
Parents and Other Caregivers! I am just finishing it and
have found it to be the most useful written resource for me yet.
I am the father of an eating disordered daughter. Your book has
leapt out at me. You have captured so much of what we have
experienced and considerably more. In our search for assistance
over the past 5 years, we have found only one other professional
who has been able to come close to providing the degree of
eating disorder family insights that you have presented here.
—FG
"I found that the book gave me confidence to use myself more
effectively to help my daughter recover. The more I relaxed, and
the more hopeful I became, the more she was able to accomplish."
—Midge S.
"I feel as though you have invited my husband and I to look
beyond the symptoms of this disease to see what's at its core
... the suffering in our daughter's heart. Most important, you
keep reminding us that this disease can be, and usually is,
conquered."
—Terry, Chicago
"I read it twice and loved it. Boy! You really take on the
establishment!"
—A.G., an appreciative parent.
"Only a mother could have written this book."
—Michelle S., Chicago
"It is nice to read a book that is positive and gives us hope
that it is possible to get past this horrible horrible
sickness."
—Mary Anayos
"Dr. C. suggested your book to us as a resource, in
understanding Shannon's disease and the issues she faces every
day. I have read many books on this subject; however, the
information you provided has been invaluable and was the most
useful. It makes sense out of this chaos. Especially after
treatment, when the really hard work begins, it offers
guidelines for the parents and friends of the anorexic child.
"Even now, six months after her treatment, copies of my
favorite chapters are here on my desk at work, to read at those
times when I need motivation and guidance. The
disease is overwhelming to those who love the anorexic child but
I have found that I don't feel so alone in this struggle having
the wonderful resources that are in your guidebook. Thank you
for all you do for those who suffer through this disease and for
providing unending courage and hope that the future will be
better."
—Cindy Gandy
Recommended by Patients
"Working
with Abbie is like having a wooly afghan wrapped around you on a
wintry day…comfy, cozy and safe."
-- A.S, a psychotherapy patient
Recommended by Oprah
Oprah's books
From the show: Girls Who Don't Eat (www.oprah.com)
“A proven program complete with self-tests, questions and
answers, journaling exercises, role-playing activities and
resource lists. ... This book is the first book to help parents
and help fix the family unit, not just the child with the
disorder.”
Recommended by John Walsh
From the show: Pre-teens with
Eating Disorders
“I would recommend your book if parents had just an inkling that
their child had an eating disorder.”
Recommended by Professionals
"This is an intelligent,
informative and probing work that should be every parent's
companion through the assessment of their child and their
family, and through treatment and recovery of an eating
disorder." "Natenshon's voice is a soothing one of gentle
authority that helps parents grow and nurture their children as
they learn to face the pain of life again."
—Edye Berkun Kamensky, Ed. M., M.A., Renfrew Perspective
"Your book is important to me not only because it tells parents
what to do, but because it offers advice to individual
therapists who are at a loss about what to do to treat the
family."
—Marlene Perdowski, psychotherapist
"I appreciate so much the non-blaming stance taken towards
parents. It is so fundamental to support the families and
parents! I appreciate your book as an important and useful
resource for parents and a fundamental addition to the
literature. Thank you for such a terrific contribution."
—Shelley R., Canada
"One woman in my therapy/support group came to meetings
clutching your book to her breast. She claimed it was her
lifeline and that it was the only thing that gave her hope when
she was feeling frightened and lost."
—Susan Goldberg, group therapist
"I have used your book as the main parent education tool in my
practice at the duPont Hospital for Children, and the feedback
was always positive I also use your book extensively in my
teaching at the University of Delaware."
—Feedback from a health professional and educator.
"Abigail has a wholesomeness and gentle, intuitive expertise
that renders her the perfect voice ... Abigail is amazing. And
I'm so grateful to you for introducing us to her in this way."
—S.W., production manager of a well-known parent's web site
"For the past year, I have used your book exercises as
self-awareness and self-assessment tools in the therapy groups I
run. They have been invaluable to my clients as well as to me.
Thank you."
—T.R., the director of a university eating disorders clinic
"We have very limited resources in our area. Your book has
become a lifeline for us."
—A social service professional with the state of Florida
Recommended by Eating Disorder Treatment
Centers
Washington Center for Eating Disorders and Adolescent Obesity
Bethesda, Maryland (www.washingtoncenteronline.com/)
“Combining factual information, sound advice, and written
exercises, this workbook is for parents of preteens through
college-aged children who want to participate in the recovery
process.”
Pediatric Medical Center
Long Beach, CA (www.informedparent.com)
“A clear look at eating disorders that can affect pre-teens
through college-age children. This book provides knowledge,
treatment options and a means of conquering this disease. Above
all, it provides us with hope.”
Recommended by Psychological and Mental Health
Treatment Centers
The Center for Counseling &
Health Resources, Inc.
Edmonds, WA (www.aplaceofhope.com)
“I recommend an excellent book titled When
Your Child Has an Eating Disorder by
Abigail H. Natenshon.”
—Dr. Gregory L. Jantz, Psychologist
Recommended by Educators and School
Professionals
A school social worker and
participant in the Illinois Association of School Social Workers
Conference, 2000
“Most teachers want very much to help out but don't know how to
begin. Abbie gives practical suggestions that make the task
before us so much more understandable and do-able. I have been
hoping for a book like hers for years, as it is a wonderful
resource for parents and kids, as well as teachers, coaches and
school counselors.”
Louise Hajjar Diamond
School Counselor in Florida (www.familytlc.net)
“Sensitive and insightful ”
For Professionals, Too
Used by StudyCredit.Com
(www.studycredit.com)
For professionals seeking online Continuing Education credit
units
Used by Professional Development Resources, Inc
(www.pdresources.org)
For Continuing Education credits for Health Professionals
Therapists and Educators Agree
Renfrew Center Foundation
(www.getfedup.com)
In the Fall 2000 Renfrew Center Foundation Perspective
“Helps parents grow and nurture their children as they learn to
face ... life again.”
—Edye Berkun Kamensky, Ed.A., M.A.
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated
Disorders
(www.anad.org)
“This book provides parents with hope as well as direction to
aid their eating disordered child.”
—Vivian Meehan
Laureate Psychiatric Hospital
Tulsa, OK (www.laureate.com)
“Practical, informed, comprehensive, and highly readable. This
is a book that will be equally valuable to parents, patients and
clinicians.”
—Craig Johnson, Director, Eating Disorders Program
Mary Ann Kirk, Ed.D
Psychotherapist, specialist in the treatment of eating disorders
“Most parents care very much and want to help out but don't
really know how to begin. Abbie gives practical suggestions on
how to begin conversations about the subject and how to continue
the dialogue without focusing only on whether or not she is
eating. I would definitely recommend this book to my client
families. . . I have been hoping for a book like this for
years.”
—Mary Ann Kirk, psychotherapist
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