Recovery takes work and consistency. There is significant misinformation readily available through social media and other platforms. The following materials and sites are resources that have been vetted and recommended to move towards recovery using methods rooted in science and through the eyes of lived experiences.

Books

Adults and Children/Teens Eating Disorders

Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia, by Sabrina Strings

The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love, by Sonya Renee Taylor

What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing, by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey

Body Kindness – Rebecca Scritchfield, RDN

Goodbye Ed, Hello Me: Recover from Your Eating Disorder and Fall in Love with Life  (10th anniversary edition)– Jenni Schaefer

Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach (4th edition) – Evelyn Tribole, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S and Elyse Resch, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S, FAND

Reclaiming Body Trust: Break Free from a Culture of Body Perfection, Disordered Eating, & Other Traumas – Hilary Kinavey, MS., LPC, and Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD

Bodies Are Cool – Tyler Feder

Parents – Eating Disorders

Surviving an Eating Disorder: Strategies for Family and Friends (4th editition) – Michele Siegel, PhD, Judith Brisman, PhD, CEDS, and Margot Weinshel, LCSW

Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder – James Lock, MD, PhD and Daniel Le Grange, PhD

ARFID Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: A Guide for Parents and Carers – Rachel Bryant-Waugh

How to Nourish Your Child Through an Eating Disorder – Casey Crosbie, RD, CSSD and Wendy Sterling, MS, RD, CSSD

Skills-based Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder – Janet Treasure, Gráinne Smith Anna Crane

Mood, Anxiety, and General Mental Health

Act with Love (2nd edition) – Russ Harris

The Worry Trap: How to Free Yourself from Worry & Anxiety Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy – Chad LeJeune Ph.D.

Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think, 2nd edition – Dennis Greenberger, PhD, Christine A. Padesky, PhD

The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook – Kristin Neff, PhD and Christopher Germer, PhD

Websites

Eating Disorder Support

National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders

Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders (F.E.A.S.T.)

National Eating Disorder Association

Crisis Support

988 call or text

988Lifeline.org for 24/7, confidential support

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Helpline: 1-800-950-6264 or text 741-741

National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673

National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-4AChild

Teen line: 1-800-852-8336

Trevor Project Lifeline (LGBTQ+): text START to 678-678