Bulimia : Understanding The Voice Inside My Daughter's Head

Supporting your child through recovery will be the hardest thing that you ever do. But with compassion, for yourself as well as your loved one, you can enhance their chances for successful healing, and build a stronger bond than ever. ? Selina Elison and her 16-year-old daughter, Fiona, have a trusting mother-daughter relationship. Then one day, Selina receives a call from the school counsellor, who informs her that Fiona has been dieting, binge eating and purging for almost one year. In secret. Selina is shocked. She does not know anything about bulimia. When she learns about the scary side effects of this deadly mental illness, she is determined to do whatever it takes to help her daughter heal. Disappointed by the public health system, she searches for a private therapist. Challenging months of family-based therapy begin. With little support from her husband, she battles the relentless and irrational voice inside her daughter's head. Just as she thinks her daughter is making progress, they find themselves thrown backward time and time again. ? An eating disorder is a slippery fish. Day after day, you wrestle with it, and still, it finds new ways to wriggle itself out of your tight grip. Selina's memoir unpacks the complexities of bulimia and raises awareness about the heavy burden for those who care for someone with a mental illness. Besides providing practical strategies for recovery support, her journey from ignorance and despair to wisdom and acceptance shows parents how to stand by their loved one without falling apart.

• | Author: Selina Elison
• | Publisher: Berlu Books
• | Publication Date: Feb 20, 2024
• | Number of Pages: NA pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0473697866
• | ISBN-13: 9780473697860