Joy and Sorrow Can Co-exist for Caregivers – by, Becky Henry, CPCC, ACC
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by Henry Becky
1w ago
While waking up this morning this all came to me in about 15 minutes. You see, today, after a month of alternately working my tail off and walking my talk of life balance with self-care, fun, friends and colleagues, my family are coming to visit us in Palm Desert and I’m going to focus on fun, family, self-care and letting all the other stuff go for a few days. The 2nd edition of “Just Tell Her To Stop: Family Stories of Eating Disorders” is coming along. After I write this I need to work on a couple extra chapters. Phew. Then rest. As daylight was working it’s way into my non-morning person a ..read more
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Differences in Treatment Outcomes when Family Caregivers have Support? – by, Becky Henry, CPCC
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by Henry Becky
2w ago
Family caregivers receiving support is a factor in treatment outcomes. We finally have research showing that treatment outcomes improve when caregivers have support! Check out this research link from 2021: Sheetal Patel , Autumn Shafer , Jane Brown , Cynthia Bulik & Nancy Zucker (2014) Parents of Children With Eating Disorders: Developing Theory-Based Health Communication Messages to Promote Caregiver Well-Being, Journal of Health Communication, 19:5, 593-608, DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2013.821559 PDF in my google drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bwo4EXZS2LxALXJDUUktU05fVzQ ..read more
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Why Do Caregivers Need Their Oxygen Mask on First? – by, Becky Henry, CPCC
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by Henry Becky
1M ago
Imagine if there was an easy, convenient resource to help family caregivers get the information, support and help they need to cope with this unplanned role they’ve been given…Clinicians and family caregivers, this is for you! For my newsletter subscribers, I’m sharing tips from each of the 10 Topics covered in the HUG Kits as we celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the launch of the HUG Kits, here is the second HUG Kit Topic from the 10 part video series and downloadable guidebook on “Oxygen.” The goal for this chapter topic is: Getting your oxygen mask firmly in place.  ..read more
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Ready Made Resource for Family Caregivers – by, Becky Henry, CPCC
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by Henry Becky
2M ago
Clinicians and family caregivers alike often ask if there is an easy, convenient resource to help family caregivers get the information, support and help they need to cope with this unplanned role they’ve been given. Some of you have asked if I’m still providing coaching. Yes, both referral partners and I are still here providing one on one coaching and I still lead the weekly and monthly group support calls.  Some families are not able to access those options and to make the support more accessible to more folks at a very reasonable rate, I created the HUG Kits a while bac ..read more
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Is Preventing Holiday Stress Possible? – by, Becky Henry, CPCC
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by Henry Becky
3M ago
Next week I’ll be sharing Intern Anna’s wonderful tips for relieving holiday stress that some of you may remember from last year. Her article is HERE on my website. So if my tips today for preventing holiday stress don’t resonate or work for you, take a sneak peek at her tips for relieving some of that stress. Those of you who are new to this journey may be learning that our loved ones with the Eating Disorders are challenged with finding that place between black-and-white, right and wrong, good and bad. Some call this place; the middle path, the gray area or all the colors of the rainbow for ..read more
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How to Cope this Thanksgiving – Intern Anna’s 5 Tips
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by Henry Becky
4M ago
Family caregivers have shared how utterly painful and difficult the holidays are for their loved one with an eating disorder. Thanksgiving typically being the most difficult with so much of the focus on food for many families. Last year Intern Anna shared her helpful wisdom on preparing for this holiday. I’m very grateful to Intern Anna for sharing her wisdom and I’m happy to reprise it again this year. Please be gentle with yourselves and your loved ones and remember that it’s okay and often helpful to shift your expectations and your traditions to help your loved one in recovery to cope. An ..read more
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What We Wish Recovery Looked Like – by, Becky Henry, CPCC
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by Henry Becky
6M ago
Family caregivers of those with eating disorders often STILL get a bad rap. Thankfully, many clinicians now see the value in supporting these caregivers who are typically trying to help save a family member’s life. It’s still very common sadly to hear clinicians say things like, “Parents are trying to control the situation.” or “I’m so tired of parents trying to push their own agenda.” And on and on. Many clinicians have had their own eating disorder and some sadly, have had abusive parents as their own lived experience. Unfortunately, the view of ALL parents is then clouded with this unsavo ..read more
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How to Practice Resilience as a Caregiver – by, Becky Henry, CPCC
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by Henry Becky
7M ago
Hello Dear Caregivers and Clinical Colleagues, I hope you are able to have some moments to renew your spirits this holiday weekend. Not only are the hours of sunlight short in the northern hemisphere and the coming days getting cooler (thank goodness after what has been a very hot summer for most places), the world can be a very uncertain and scary place. I’m walking my talk of PRACTICING resilience skills. For those of you who are regular readers of this newsletter/blog, first of all, THANK YOU! Second of all, you may recognize this piece on resilience from a while back. Like balance, resil ..read more
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Can Boundaries Help Caregiver Effectiveness? – by, Becky Henry, CPCC
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by Henry Becky
7M ago
Often I hear the raw terror from parents and partners telling me they are so uncertain about how to support a loved one with an eating disorder. There may be the sadness and fear about your child or partner who has been physically harming themselves and often threatening more self harm and sometimes suicide. Usually caregivers share a lot of distress and confusion about how to set boundaries and what boundaries to set. Every single caregiver I’ve ever met only wants to be the best possible support for their person. Setting and following through on boundaries often feels punitive and cruel in ..read more
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Therapeutic Apology – by, Becky Henry, CPCC
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by Henry Becky
8M ago
Thank you to all of you who take your time and energy to read my newsletters/blogs, I really appreciate it and am so glad to hear of how so many of you have found helpful information and support from them. Sometimes I miss the mark for some folks. After my post last week about how caregivers can have freedom from ed, I heard from a parent who is in the trenches and found it hard to read the parts I shared about my travel experiences as they felt like I was comparing my travel aches and pains to parenting a child with an eating disorder. My intention was to share how much I wished f ..read more
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