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 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 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.
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.
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 workshops and are full of practical tips, real life scenarios and case studies. The workshops cover:
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:
