Just before Thanksgiving 2020, my daughter Ellie summoned the courage to tell me that she had an eating disorder. It took her multiple attempts to get the words out: “I have a problem with food, Mom.” Ellie’s disclosure came after she had been in therapy for two months with Sarah, who was treating her…
Read MoreIn October 2020, my 15-year-old daughter told me that she wanted to end her life. She told me as we sat together on a clammy basement floor. I listened, shell-shocked, and tried to ask the “right” questions even though I wasn’t exactly sure what those questions were. Over the next few months, I lived in…
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