My Kid is Back: Empowering Parents with Family-Based Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa

With my co-author, Professor Daniel Le Grange, I’m delighted to announce the worldwide release of My Kid is Back, Second Edition.

We thank families from Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand for contributing to this new book’s powerful message about Family-Based Treatment (FBT), the most effective evidence-based approach for children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa.

When anorexia nervosa (AN) develops in a child, it impacts the entire family. FBT offers hope by reinstating fundamental family coping principles―empowering parents and supporting them and their children in overcoming this serious psychiatric illness.

My Kid is Back is an accessible guide for parents of children with AN and the healthcare professionals working with them. Through a series of first-person interviews held with the parents, the siblings, and the child with anorexia, this book vividly presents the daily, 24/7 challenges of the illness on the family. Parents describe their frustrations in seeking help for their child, and children and young adults discuss how the illness gets into their mind. Supplementing chapters detail how to tell if your child has AN, present an approachable explanation of FBT, and describe how to navigate the search for FBT. This second edition includes updated evidence-based research findings and revised content, language, and family resources. The featured case studies have been updated to be more neurodiverse, gender diverse, and ethnically diverse than the first edition.

Presented in a way that parents, doctors, and treatment teams can readily relate to and understand, this book is a vital resource for families in helping their child to heal from anorexia nervosa.

To get your copy of My Kid is Back: Empowering Parents with Family-Based Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa, Second Edition, go to: