Survive FBT: Skills Manual for Parents Undertaking Family Based Treatment (FBT) for Child and Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa

Since my D was diagnosed last year I have read so much. This book stood out as a concise and powerful guide to refeeding our daughter using Family Based Treatment. My book resistant husband agreed to read it and it helped him find his footing to begin fully participating in refeeding with much more confidence. Refeeding your child during anorexia may be the hardest thing you will ever do and this book is a must read. I am a licensed clinical social worker and I will recommend this book to anyone who has a loved one with an eating disorder where refeeding is needed.

I'm a therapist specializing in eating disorders. This book is a great primer for parents on the FBT approach in which parents take an active role in supporting their child. I like this book because it is short and easy to read. Parents starting the FBT journey are usually scared and overwhelmed - this is like the Cliffs Notes to understand the basics. Once you get your footing, you might look into some of the other books, like Eva Musby's, which give more detailed and practical tips.

Great informative book. This was incredibly helpful for us.

This was a great, short yet comprehensive summary. Well worth the read! Helped to reinvigorate me to keep at it and defeat this illness.

Great advice!

This book is very short. It has some good tips but there are much better books out there. Try Skills-based caring or Give food a chance or Help your teenager beat an eating disorder.

Would definitely recommend. Really helps the understanding of a terrible and complex illness. A must read and cant recommend enough!

Beautifully concise guide to get parents into action. Blends Lock/LeGrange with Eva Musby’s compassionate parenting. The no1 resource for parents.

This is what I have been looking for the last six months, something I can also give to extended family to give them an idea of what's going on, and what we are going to do to treat it.

Great book. Easy to read, covers everything. I think I'm going to refer to it again and again on the long journey ahead.

Succinct, informative, and practical. I'll be rereading this once a month. Would recommend this to everyone helping a child with an eating disorder.