Jenny Langley

When her eldest son recovered from anorexia over fifteen years ago Jenny left her city job behind and has since focused her attention on raising awareness of mental health and emotional resilience of young people and has a special interest in prevention, early intervention and crisis management in the school environment. Jenny has written two books, Boys Get Anorexia Too and The New Maudsley Training Manual. Jenny delivers New Maudsley training to professional eating disorder experts on working alongside families. Jenny also supports families affected by eating disorders and teaches carers skills that can help to create a supportive environment within the family setting. Jenny is a Mental Health First Aid Youth Instructor. Jenny is not a doctor, counsellor or medical expert, but has worked closely with the Maudsley as well as several mental health charities and has built up a great deal of expertise, participated in several research programmes and helped develop and pilot a range of courses for use in schools and the general community setting.