Denise Clancy is the mother of three "wonderful and beautiful" daughters, Meghan 20, Emily 18, and Shannon, 17. She has been married to her husband Douglas for 27 years. They live in Michigan, US, in the middle of 12 acres of woods with two dogs, three cats and many forest animals. Her daughter, Emily, spiraled into full blown restrictive Anorexia in the fall of 2005 shortly after her 13th birthday by wanting to eat healthy and beginning to excessively exercise.

"We were lucky to have and find some great clinicians in our area that used Family-Based Maudsley. This has been a long process and journey and a five year battle and vigilance with Ed but our daughter is now in a full recovery or remission from ED and living on campus at a local university. We have such great Hope for her bright future and a Life without ED!"

Clancy was nominated and elected to the F.E.A.S.T. Board of Directors in January 2011.
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Rachel Polonsky is a writer and academic, based in Cambridge, UK. She is the mother of four daughters.  She has been a supporter of Laura Collins’s work since 2007. She is interested in helping families to discover and develop their own resources for dealing with eating-disordered children, and in promoting evidence-based treatment.

Polonsky was nominated and elected to the F.E.A.S.T. Board of Directors for a term beginning January 2011.

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