Project HEAL Launches Parent Support Group

Project HEAL: Help to Eat, Accept and Live is launching a support group for parents and adult family members of individuals with eating disorders.

The group will meet monthly and be facilitated by parents of recovering eating disorder sufferers. Guest speakers will include doctors, nutritionists and psychologists that offer practical techniques to help attendees aid their loved ones in recovery.

The will take place Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Kings Park and will feature Laura Ellick, Ph.D.

Project HEAL is a non-profit founded by three teenage girls who have fully recovered from eating disorders, including 2009 Commack High School graduate Liana Rosenman. To date, the organization has raised more than $130,000 to provide eating disorder treatment for sufferers who cannot afford it. When they're not studying for their next college exam, Rosenman and her co-founders counsel peers and speak to high school students about society's obsession with body image, which often contributes to eating disorders.

The suggested donation for the inaugural meeting is $10, which is tax deductible.

To learn more about Project HEAL, visit their website.