Family Therapy for Eating Disorders

Support Your Teen. Restore Peace. Heal Together.

Watching your child struggle with food, anxiety, and body image can feel overwhelming. At Bloom Psychology Group, we provide evidence-based family therapy that empowers parents to become an active and effective part of their teen’s recovery.

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We Help Families Facing:

Eating disorders can take a serious toll on both teens and their families. Here are some of the concerns we most often address in family therapy.

  • Anorexia, binge eating, or food restriction
  • Fear of weight gain or obsessive body checking
  • Mealtime battles or refusal to eat
  • Self-induced vomiting or over-exercise
  • Guilt, blame, or confusion about how to help

What You’ll Learn Together:

Family-based treatment gives you tools, support, and confidence to help your child recover - while strengthening your connection in the process.

  • How to support refeeding and respond to food anxiety
  • How to set clear guidelines and expectations, using firm and compassionate communication
  • How to shut down common eating disorder tactics
  • How to protect your family from being overtaken by the disorder
  • How to partner with your teen and rebuild trust
  • How to shift from conflict to connection

Why choose family-based treatment?

Family-Based Treatment (FBT) is considered the gold standard for treating eating disorders in adolescents - and for good reason.

Here’s why families choose this approach:

  • Proven to be most effective:
    Research shows that FBT leads to higher rates of full remission at both 6 and 12 months after treatment compared to individual therapy. (Study 1, Study 2, Study 3)
  • Eating disorders are life-threatening:
    Swift, evidence-based intervention is critical to preventing relapse and supporting full recovery.
  • When other therapies haven’t worked, FBT can:
    Many families turn to FBT after trying other methods that didn’t address the severity or complexity of the disorder.
  • Give your teen the best shot of staying out of the hospital:
    FBT empowers parents to take an active, supportive role in their child’s recovery - which has been shown to improve outcomes and strengthen family connection.

We Help Families Facing:

Eating disorders can take a serious toll on both teens and their families. Here are some of the concerns we most often address in family therapy.

  • Anorexia, binge eating, or food restriction
  • Fear of weight gain or obsessive body checking
  • Mealtime battles or refusal to eat
  • Self-induced vomiting or over-exercise
  • Guilt, blame, or confusion about how to help

What You’ll Learn Together:

Family-based treatment gives you tools, support, and confidence to help your child recover - while strengthening your connection in the process.

  • How to support refeeding and respond to food anxiety
  • How to set clear guidelines and expectations, using firm and compassionate communication
  • How to shut down common eating disorder tactics
  • How to protect your family from being overtaken by the disorder
  • How to partner with your teen and rebuild trust
  • How to shift from conflict to connection

Why choose family-based treatment?

Family-Based Treatment (FBT) is considered the gold standard for treating eating disorders in adolescents - and for good reason. Here’s why families choose this approach:

  • Proven to be most effective:
    Research shows that FBT leads to higher rates of full remission at both 6 and 12 months after treatment compared to individual therapy. (Study 1, Study 2, Study 3)
  • Eating disorders are life-threatening:
    Swift, evidence-based intervention is critical to preventing relapse and supporting full recovery.
  • When other therapies haven’t worked, FBT can:
    Many families turn to FBT after trying other methods that didn’t address the severity or complexity of the disorder.
  • Give your teen the best shot of staying out of the hospital:
    FBT empowers parents to take an active, supportive role in their child’s recovery - which has been shown to improve outcomes and strengthen family connection.

Ready to Support Your Teen’s Recovery?

You don’t have to do this alone. With the right tools and support, your family can heal - and your teen can fully recover.

Book a free consultation to learn more about how we work with families and whether this approach is a good fit for yours.

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