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CRIS E. HALTOM, Ph.D.

Providing Support for Parents and Caretakers of Children with Eating Disorders

Award Winner
The Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service in Ithaca, NY has given its 2005 award for exemplary service to community members in crisis to the Parent Partner Program, for "its fine work in addressing the crisis of eating disorders with our youth."

Click now and hear me lecturing on "A New Family Treatment: The Maudsley Model" and "Boys, Men and Eating Disorders"

Find important information and tips for dealing with your child's eating disorder here in my new book.

You may order from Gurze Books.

"The best part of receiving this information in the beginning of my daughter's treatment was the way it prepared me to play an informed and active role in her recovery."
Parent

Eating Disorders

You can get practical, informed answers to your questions about Eating Disorders.

Would you like to be knowledgeable and prepared in choosing your responses to your child's eating disorder?
Do you know how to reach out to your child in order to support and facilitate their getting help for an eating disorder?
Are you wondering how the eating disorder looks from your child's perspective?

Get regular, FREE HELP with eating disorder questions by subscribing to my free monthly e-newsletter Eating Disorder Survival Guide for Parents. Read more about the newsletter, and subscribe.

Further help in our new video

Watch as I interview Mary Ellen and Dan Clausen and they tell the gripping story of their two girls who struggle with eating disorders.

The Clausens offer support, empathy and helpful ideas to parents, grandparents, and caretakers of those with eating disorders. I encourage you to read more about this helpful video.

Plus, you can get regular, free help with eating disorder questions by subscribing to my FREE monthly e-newsletter Eating Disorder Survival Guide for Parents: Subscribe now. Click on Free subscription

Our Parent Partner Program™

We conduct a widely-used program that helps parents. I named it the Parent Partner Program™, and you can learn more here.

On this site you get:

GUIDANCE for confronting your child's refusal to acknowledge their eating disorder behavior
IDEAS for avoiding power struggles with your child about food and weight issues
SUGGESTIONS for coping with the effect of your child's eating disorder on family members
WAYS to show your child with an eating disorder your concern, support and compassion
DIRECTIONS for taking care of yourself and many more practical suggestions for parents.
There are new topics presented monthly via newsletter and an ongoing group family education program called the Parent Partner Program™, available to parents.

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Our Parent Partner Program™

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