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Anorexia therapyWomen's health & fitness guideOf all the different kinds of psychotherapy available family therapy is perhaps the one most commonly suggested as being beneficial to the anorexic? Probably because the majority of sufferers that yield to anorexia are children, most of them being young girls between the ages of 15 and 18. Family therapy works by involving not only the young person who is anorexic but also the family as the name suggests, it is thought that many anorexics blame there problems on everything else but themselves. Often too the family suffer but in a different way they blame themselves for failing there child, asking themselves "where did we go wrong?" It is just as important for them too to realize they are not the ones at fault. There is no such thing as the "perfect" family we all at sometime or another develop problems within the family but more often than not these are realised and dealt with accordingly at the time. Sometimes problems sneak up on us and are left to fester and develop without us even realising it, this is where a family therapist can greatly help. A great strain is put on the whole family by having an anorexic child, what once was a great joy, the time when all the family were together, meal time has by now turned into a nightmare for both the anorexic and the indeed other family members. If you have more than one child in the home then they will notice even if they don't quite understand that something isn't right, they may feel left out with the attention there sibling is receiving perhaps even to the point of being resentful. They may even behave differently, perhaps they themselves changing from there normal behaviour just to gain attention. All of this of course only adds to the already stressful situation within the family. The family therapist will meet the whole family together but both parents and children also have the option of talking with the therapist alone should they feel the need too. The therapist will help the family as a whole understand that no one is to blame for the cause of the illness and also help them to understand what the anorexic is going through. More importantly that they can overcome it and be the family they once were, they will suggest ways for the parent to help there child and possibly suggest ways for them to take over there child's eating habits until she/he has begun gaining weight. Above all they are there for the family as a whole and will look into the relationships between each family member. |
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