eating disorder THERAPY for children
TAILORED TO FIT YOUR CHILD’S NEEDS
AND YOUR LIFE AS PARENt
Do any of these
scenarios sound familiar?
Narrow range of foods
Your child has an impossibly small repertory of acceptable foods and they’re resistant—to say the least—to expanding beyond.
Low food interest
Your child has very little interest in food and gets full after eating a few bites. The doctor says, “They’ll eat when they’re hungry” but not your kid!
Fear of food
Your child is afraid that if they eat, they’ll get sick or choke. Food is associated with tension, conflict, and tears.
Food restriction or dieting
Your child is actively restricting their food. They’ve decided that they want to eat “healthier” or may even express a desire to lose weight. You invariably tiptoe around because you don’t want to make it any worse. You’re scared about your child’s physical and emotional health.
expert Treatment of disordered eating in childhood
Problematic eating patterns come in many different forms in children so intervention must be tailored and targeted. Most importantly, any provider interacting with your child must have skill and confidence in their ability to get on the child’s level, understand how they think, and align with them to help them forward. Further, parents have a tremendous capacity to help their children. With coaching and empowerment, you, as the parent, can be the most helpful resource for your child’s positive change.
Eating disorder TREATMENT DESIGNED FOR CHILDREN
Feeding and eating disorders are expressed differently in children than in adolescents and adults. Consequently, treatment must be tailored to meet the developmental, nutritional, medical, and psychological needs of these younger patients.
Columbus Park treats all forms of disordered eating in children as young as age four.
Research reveals that even severe eating disorders in children can be treated effectively at home, especially when parents and caregivers are given evidence-based tools to support recovery.
At Columbus Park, we are clinical experts in treating children.
how treatment works
Treatment for Children’s Eating Disorders generally consists of 1–2 services per week (so, it’s notably efficient even for more severe cases), for eating disorders like avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder (BED), or disorders of eating that don’t fall into a diagnostic category.
Learn more about a few of our treatments for children: Home Feeding, Feelings and Body Investigators (FBI), Family-Based Treatment (FBT) and FBT for ARFID (FBT–AR).
