Binge eating in children and teens can be hard to recognize. Treatment includes CBT-E, skill based approaches for emotional regulation, and thoughtful parent involvement to support more stable eating patterns.

CBT-E is a leading treatment for binge eating disorder in adults, focusing on the patterns that maintain the cycle. By stabilizing eating, challenging all or nothing thinking, and addressing emotional triggers, it helps create a more sustainable and balanced relationship with food.

Bulimia in adults often follows a persistent and exhausting cycle. CBT-E is a structured, evidence based treatment that directly targets the patterns keeping it in place, helping individuals build a more stable and sustainable relationship with food.

Bulimia in teens often follows a painful cycle of restriction, bingeing, and purging. This article explains how CBT-E, combined with thoughtful parent involvement, helps teens break that cycle and build a more stable, sustainable relationship with food.

Family Based Treatment is highly effective for many teens with anorexia, but not all families or adolescents can engage in it. This article explores when alternative treatments like CBT-E and Adolescent-Focused Therapy may be a better fit.

CBT-E is considered the gold standard treatment for anorexia nervosa in adults, but it is not the right fit for everyone. This article explores when and how other approaches may be more effective, including family supported treatment, SSCM, and DBT informed care.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, originally developed to treat bulimia, remains one of the most effective approaches today. CBT-E targets the patterns that keep the binge purge cycle going, including restriction, rigid food rules, and emotional triggers, helping individuals build more stable eating and healthier ways of coping.

When a teen develops anorexia, many parents feel unsure whether to step in or step back. This article explains why taking an active role in feeding is not only appropriate, but often essential.

A comprehensive guide to adolescent-focused therapy for eating disorders, explaining how this evidence-based approach supports teens in building sustainable recovery.

A comprehensive guide to ARFID treatment options, explaining how different approaches help children build flexibility, reduce anxiety, and expand their eating.

A comprehensive guide to parent-led treatment for ARFID, explaining why repetition, exposure, and a shift in the emotional tone around food are key to helping kids expand their eating.

Many parents wonder if their child will grow out of picky eating. This article explains when it may be ARFID, why it often persists, and how treatment can help create a more flexible and less stressful relationship with food.

A comprehensive guide to how eating disorder therapy treats co-occurring conditions, including when and how to address anxiety, depression, trauma, and emotional dysregulation.

A comprehensive guide to DBT for eating disorders, explaining how this structured, skills-based approach helps adults manage intense emotions and break harmful patterns.

A clear, comprehensive guide to CBT-E, explaining how it works across all eating disorders and how treatment differs for adults and adolescents.

A practical guide to DBT for emotional eating, based on Debra Safer’s work, helping you build skills to manage emotions without relying on food.

A compassionate, evidence-based approach for individuals living with long-standing anorexia, SSCM focuses on stability, quality of life, and meaningful, sustainable progress.

Early progress in eating disorder treatment is not just encouraging, it is one of the most reliable predictors of long term recovery. This article explains why early change matters and how treatment can be structured to support it.

CBT-AR is the leading treatment for ARFID. This guide explains how it works and how it helps individuals gradually expand eating and reduce food avoidance.

Eating disorders rarely occur alone. This article explains how anxiety, depression, and trauma interact with eating disorders and how treatment is structured to address both.