When Eating Disorders Escalate Quickly,
Families Need Clear Medical Guidance and Calm Support..
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RN-informed • Trauma-informed • Collaborative
Private Eating Disorder Recovery intensive coaching
Sarah Thom, RN, BSN, CCRN
Working privately with a limited number of families
in collaboration with medical and therapeutic teams
For Parents Navigating an Eating Disorder Crisis
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Many parents contact me after suddenly realizing their child may have an eating disorder.
Sometimes it begins with a doctor mentioning medical risk. Other times eating, exercise, or weight loss escalates quickly and families find themselves trying to understand what is happening and what to do next.
My role is to help families slow things down, understand the medical and behavioral realities of eating disorders, and navigate recovery with thoughtful guidance alongside medical and therapeutic care.
Working with a Coach
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Coach and clients are on peer basis.
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Trained to work with functioning clients.
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Goals designed by coach and client together.
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Focuses on evolving and creating potential.
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Emphasis on present and future.
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Action and solution oriented.
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Explores actions and behaviours that manifest high self-esteem.
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Coaches negative self-beliefs as challenges.
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Does not diagnose or treat.
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Hold s accountability between session as important.
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Stresses availability between sessions.
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Uses coaching skills. Views client as a whole being on a journey.
Working with a Therapist
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Trained to work with major mental illness.
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Hierarchical difference between therapist and client.
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Treatment plan largely designed by therapist.
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Focuses on healing and understanding.
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Emphasis on past and present.
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Insight and problem oriented.
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Explores origins of behaviours that create low self-esteem.
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Analyzes and treat origins of negative self-beliefs.
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Diagnoses and treats.
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Accountability less commonly expected.
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Contact between sessions for crisis and difficulties only.
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Uses therapy techniques. Views client from a medical model.