Exploring the experience of young people receiving treatment for an eating disorder: family therapy for anorexia nervosa and multi-family therapy in an inpatient setting

Table 2 Overview of themes

Superordinate Theme	Subthemes	Participants contributing
Process of Understanding	Understanding you are not alone	All participants
	Others understanding	All participants
	I am understood	All participants except Meghan
Reviving Connection	Altering the system	All participants
	Taking it forward	All participants
Emerging from the Eating Disorder	Understanding the immersion	All participants except Molly
	The Eating Disorder as damaging	Lily, Meghan and Molly
Development of I	Adapting to the new norm	All participants except Lilly
	The process of evolving	All participants
	Finding my voice	All participants except Lilly

ISSN: 2050-2974