Managing Family Life Booklet

Consider the following
Any health concerns you have
for your loved one are genuinely
valid and will still be a priority for
healthcare professionals
Stay in contact with your child’s
treatment team, or encourage
your loved one to be in touch
with them
Where you are concerned,
reach out to the treatment team
or to a GP
Take advantage of a new daily
schedule within your family, to
encourage your loved one to build
in mindfulness and to encourage
a state of calm
Stay conscious of your loved one’s
unhelpful behaviours around
excess exercise or other binge and
purge activities, and instead, build
in distractions to prevent these
escalating
Keep in touch with, or engage with,
therapists or befrienders who you
feel will help your journey, and that
of your loved one. Use technology
where necessary.
Limit your loved one’s use of
social media if you feel it is being
detrimental and not aiding their
recovery.
Encourage your loved one to
embrace new hobbies or projects
to keep them feeling productive
and focused. This could be learning
to sew, creating a moodboard, or
finally filling a photo album with
favourite pictures.