Learn How to Help a Friend

Debbie McHann is our Health Educator and Eating Disorder counselor at Student Health Services. She offers free and confidential appointments for a variety of students, especially concerned friends! Some have found it to be a difficult transition coming to UCSB and now seem to be struggling with anything ranging from body image issues to eating disorder behaviors. Others have come to UCSB with a history of the disorder and are seeking support in their process towards health.


Call (805) 893-3371 to make a free and confidential appointment





HEAL Interns can also provide the following for you and your organization:


"Presentation: How to Help a Friend"

Overview: What to do and what not to do when you are concerned about a friend's behavior, beliefs and attitudes surrounding eating, negative body image, or obsessive exercise. This presentation can be presented as a discussion or a panel of eating disorder survivors. The UCSB video "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall" can also be used with this presentation.

For information on how to schedule this presentation or one of the many others, please click here.