From Frustration to Collaboration: How to Make Families Part of the Solution in Eating Disorder Recovery

Are you an eating disorder professional who often struggles to know how to involve families in eating disorder recovery, particularly where the client is an adult?

Are you unsure about how to involve them? Nervous about going there?

Are you feeling stuck between client needs and caregiver emotions?

You’re not alone—and it doesn’t have to be this way.

Many healthcare and mental health professionals find working with families one of the most challenging parts of supporting eating disorder recovery.

Without specialised training, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by family dynamics, paralysed by fear of “saying the wrong thing,” or frustrated when families seem resistant, emotional, or over-involved.

Since we founded Supported Families, this is the workshop that we’ve been mostly frequently asked to provide! 

This workshop is for you if you’d like to learn how to:

• Engage families with confidence and clarity (even when emotions run high)

• Turn caregivers into allies instead of adversaries

• Set effective boundaries while still offering meaningful support

• Navigate common family dynamics without getting stuck or overwhelmed

• Empower families with practical tools—without stepping outside your professional role

Through a mix of real-world strategies, practical tools, and case-based learning, you’ll leave feeling more skilled, supported, and ready to collaborate with families—rather than working around them.

And this workshop is for you, whether you work directly with families or mainly with individuals.

Families are not the barrier to recovery—they can be the bridge.

Let us show you how!