Counselling Resources

A short video letting kids know they're not alone feeling insecure about their weight or appearance, and that it's possible to work towards a healthy relationship with your body.

The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) offers a toolkit for teachers to learn about eating disorders, support their student, and identify ways to help within the classroom. While this is an American resource, it can offer many insights to all teachers.

Information about eating disorders and links to related organizations from the government of Canada.

This list of suggestions for coping with intense emotions was created by the Eating Disorders Information Centre, but it can be used by anyone.

People of all sizes and weights can have eating disorders--however, fatphobia means that they are not all treated equally. This article explains the additional struggles faced by those recovering from an ED while fat.

Many young people with eating disorders go unnoticed, because disordered eating can be concealed. This article can help adults notice and sensitively approach signs that a teen has disordered eating habits.

This article explains that the best eating disorder prevention can involve talking to kids about the dangers of dieting, practicing positive body image, and modeling healthy behaviour as an adult.

Singer-songwriter corook wrote "If I Were a Fish" about their body image and size-based bullying, encouraging positivity and self-esteem.

We have become the voice for Canadian families, caregivers, and individuals who are affected by Eating Disorders and other co-morbid and concurrent diagnoses.

The National Eating Disorders Information Centre (NEDIC) offers this information on the many kinds of disordered eating and the treatments available.

This informational article is geared towards a teen audience, and introduces the types and signs of EDs.

The kids' educational channel AMAZE addresses the way societal expectations can make us feel about our bodies, and how to resist them, in this video.