Eating disorder workshops for parents and carers

Eating disorder workshops for parents and carers

Caring for a loved one with an eating disorder can be exhausting, distressing and disorientating. Many carers feel they are drowning, they have tried everything and don’t know where to turn next.

The Charlie Waller Trust offers online workshops to parents and carers based on the New Maudsley Approach, which recognises that family/carers are in a unique position to support their loved one to tackle the eating disorder. Unfortunately, they are typically excluded from treatment, with the impact of the eating disorder on the family often overlooked.

The New Maudsley Approach

The New Maudsley Approach is a well researched evidence based programme aimed at supporting families caring for a loved one with an eating disorder.

Jenny Langley, a CWT expert trainer, was involved in the research as a lived experience trainer, alongside Prof Janet Treasure and her team, and has been delivering New Maudsley carer skills workshops, as well as clinician training since 2010.

In 2017 Jenny introduced the New Maudsley Carer Skills workshops to CWT and delivered a rolling programme for 5 years before training a team of additional facilitators in 2023, co delivered with Dr Pam Macdonald and funded by HEE.

Digital library of resources

Jenny has created a wealth of resources which are freely available from her website and Youtube channel, including downloadable worksheets, videos and podcasts.

Jenny was lead author of the New Maudsley Training Manual which was designed to support both clinicians and families to use the model to better support people affected by eating disorders. The Manual is the foundation of the Carer Skills workshops being offered by CWT.

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Eating disorder workshops for parents and carers

These courses have helped so many families to navigate their way through a seemingly impossible task and offer professional techniques for becoming a ‘change coach’.

The aim of the New Maudsley Approach is to lower anxiety and distress in family members and to give carers communication tools, skills and techniques that help them engage their loved one to improve their self-esteem and develop the resilience to embark on change.

The courses are broken down into five, two-hour online workshops and are full of practical tips, real life scenarios and case studies. The workshops cover:

  • Introductions, psychoeducation and empathy
  • Cycle of change and motivational language
  • Reflecting on caring responses
  • Dealing with challenging behaviour
  • What to try when things feel stuck
  • Coaching your loved one to make their own changes
  • Relapse contingency planning

Book a course

To equip carers with the best possible support, we would urge you to attend all five workshops. We know that, in some cases, this might not be possible and that missing one or two may be inevitable due to unplanned occurrences.  However, carers should be aware that this course is not designed to be attended solely on a one-workshop basis since it is important to us that you gain the very best out of these workshops.

If you have any questions regarding this, please do not hesitate to email us.

 If you would like to book a place on our upcoming New Maudsley Carer Skills Courses, please find a course below.

Once you have registered to attend, you will receive:

  • Joining instructions
  • Pre-course information
  • A course enrolment form

Workshop series dates

GH026

Course Facilitator: Gemma Howard

Course Dates:

  • Wednesday 10 December - 09:30 - 11:30
  • Wednesday 10 December - 12:30 - 14:30
  • Wednesday 17 December - 09:30 - 11:30
  • Wednesday 17 December - 12:30 - 14:30
  • Wednesday 7 January - 09:30 - 11:30

This is a series and ideally participants should attend all 5 sessions. To book on to this course, please email Gemma Howard at gemma.howard@charliewaller.org and quote GH026 in the subject line.

 

JL008
Course Facilitator: Jenny Langley

Course Dates:

  • Friday 5 December - 10:00 - 12:00
  • Friday 5 December - 13:00 - 15:00
  • Saturday 6 December - 10:00 - 12:00
  • Saturday 6 December - 13:00 - 15:00
  • Friday 12 December - 10:00 - 12:00

This is a series and ideally participants should attend all 5 sessions. To book on to this course, please email Jenny Langley at jenny.langley@charliewaller.org and quote JL008 in the subject line.

 

CR019

Course Facilitator: Caroline Ritchie

Course Dates:

  • Thursday 8 January - 18:30 - 20:30
  • Thursday 15 January - 18:30 - 20:30
  • Thursday 22 January - 18:30 - 20:30
  • Thursday 29 January - 18:30 - 20:30
  • Thursday 5 February - 18:30 - 20:30

This is a series and ideally participants should attend all 5 sessions. To book on to this course, please email Caroline Ritchie at caroline.ritchie@charliewaller.org and quote CR019 in the subject line.

RR022

Course Facilitator: Ros Rea

Course Dates:

  • Monday 9 February - 10:00 - 12:00
  • Monday 9 February - 13:00 - 15:00
  • Monday 16 February - 10:00 - 12:00
  • Monday 16 February - 13:00 - 15:00
  • Monday 23 February - 10:00 - 12:00

This is a series and ideally participants should attend all 5 sessions. To book on to this course, please email Ros Rea at ros.rea@charliewaller.org and quote RR022 in the subject line.

 

COH021

Course Facilitator: Catherine O'Dea-Hughes

Course Dates: 

  • Thursday 5 February - 9:30 - 11:30
  • Thursday 12 February - 9:30 -11:30
  • Thursday 19 February - 9:30 -11:30
  • Thursday 26 February - 9:30 -11:30
  • Thursday 5 March  - 9:30 - 11:30 

This is a series and ideally participants should attend all 5 sessions. To book on to this course, please email Catherine O'Dea-Hughes at catherine.odea-hughes@charliewaller.org and quote COH021 in the subject line. 

GH027

Course Facilitator: Gemma Howard

Course Dates:

  • Wednesday 4 March - 09:30 - 11:30
  • Wednesday 11 March - 9:30 - 11:30
  • Wednesday 18 March - 09:30 - 11:30
  • Wednesday 25 March - 9:30 - 11:30
  • Wednesday 22 April - 09:30 - 11:30

This is a series and ideally participants should attend all 5 sessions. To book on to this course, please email Gemma Howard at gemma.howard@charliewaller.org and quote GH027 in the subject line.

JL011

Course Facilitator: Jenny Langley

Course Dates:

  • Friday 6 March - 10:00 - 12:00
  • Friday 6 March - 13:00 - 15:00
  • Saturday 7 March - 10:00 - 12:00
  • Saturday 7 March - 13:00 - 15:00
  • Friday 13 March 10:00 - 12:00

This is a series and ideally participants should attend all 5 sessions. To book on to this course, please email Jenny Langley at jenny.langley@charliewaller.org and quote JL011 in the subject line.