Lori Osachy, MSS, LCSW has been successfully helping families overcome eating disorders for over twenty years. You can contact Lori for help at 904-737-3232, or through her website www.bodyimagecounseling.com. You can gain access to her complete recovery system at www.quickstartrecovery.com. Getting quality care for your loved one with an eating disorder can be a minefield. In this concise and practical guide, you will quickly discover how to handle difficult situations when seeking eating disorders treatment that you rarely hear about but unfortunately, happen all the time, such as: what to do when your child's primary doctor denies there is an eating disorder; when blood work comes back "normal," but you know your loved one is ill; when insurance doesn't cover treatment, and when your adult child refuses care. This is a book that is a culmination of my twenty years of experience working on the front lines of eating disorders' treatment and recovery. I wrote it because I was giving out the same life-saving advice day after day on the phone and in the office to distraught parents, husbands, friends and other loved ones, and hearing horror stories about the struggles they had in finding quality treatment for eating disorders. I realized that there was virtually no practical advice available to help them avoid these heartbreaking and AVOIDABLE mistakes in seeking help. Your loved one CAN recover, and I guarantee that this book with help you avoid these costly emotional and financial mistakes the first time you try. "Parents' Quick Start Recovery was the only book that outlined a clear plan of action for our daughter, and gave us tools we could use immediately. Her methods work. Her methods WORK! I will be forever grateful for Lori." - Mandy, age 54, mother of Allison, age 14.
About the Author: Lori Osachy, MSS, LCSW is clinical director of The Body Image Counseling Center of Jacksonville, Florida. A nationally recognized authority in the treatment and prevention of eating disorders, depression, anxiety, and related mental health issues, Lori has successfully counseled adults, children and families for over fifteen years. She regularly lectures and teaches and is the author of numerous articles promoting eating disorders education among health care professionals and the lay population. She has been featured in several national magazines and is a regular mental health consultant for print news and television. Lori is a graduate of Cornell University and received her Master's degree from Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research. She lives in Jacksonville, Florida where she is a psychotherapist and parent consultant in full-time private practice. Lori's goal is to be able to empower parents and families, providing them with the tools to be successful in overcoming obstacles and to raise happy, healthy kids. Her next project is completing the second book in the Quick Start Recovery series, which is geared towards helping individuals of all ages with eating disorders to quickly begin the process of recovery and experience relief from their symptoms-before they even walk into a therapist's office.