Hi everyone,
Here are all the dates planned so far for the rest of the year. As you can see, there is plenty of opportunity to meet with like-minded souls in a safe, confidential, non-judgemental and caring space.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
Choose from
- Open carer groups – just turn up.
- Closed skills sessions – you must book in advance.
- Core series of five carer skills sessions – book directly through the Charlie Waller Trust; these sessions are funded by CWT.
- Deep Dive topical sessions – book by emailing Jenny; most are funded by CWT.
- Paid-for support – small-group experiential sessions on specific challenging areas and one-to-one coaching.
- Online shop – access topical bundles on demand, including content not available in the free resources section of the website.
Open carer group
Monday 24 August 2026, 7pm–8.30pm
Chris and Jenny facilitate a monthly open group that any carers are welcome to attend. It is an opportunity to meet other families in the thick of eating disorders in a safe, confidential and non-judgemental environment. You can simply turn up to these monthly sessions. There is usually a guest speaker for at least part of the session.
At this session, Jenny Langley will launch The Next Chapter of the New Maudsley Carer Programme.
Join the open carer group on Zoom
Meeting ID: 871 8813 0024
Passcode: 062930
Future carer group dates for your diary
- 24 August 2026: Jenny Langley – launching The Next Chapter of the New Maudsley Carer Programme.
- 28 September 2026: Tania Barr – lived-experience carer.
- 26 October 2026: Amalie Schumann – Supporting Siblings.
- 23 November 2026: Lindsey and Sophie – Inside the Mind of Anorexia.
- 14 December 2026: Ruth Steggles – Strength to Strength in the Lead-up to Christmas.
Walk and Talk
Meet like-minded souls in person and in nature.
Tuesday 25 August 2026, 6.30pm
Knole Park – meet outside The White Hart, Sevenoaks, TN13 1SG, or join us for a drink from 7.30pm.
Q&A with Ciandra
Ciandra, an eating-disorder recovery coach at Flourish with Ciandra, will answer your questions.
Wednesday 2 September 2026, 8pm–9pm
Join the Q&A on Zoom
Meeting ID: 882 5439 7168
Passcode: 272715
Core series of New Maudsley workshops
Jenny’s colleagues at the Charlie Waller Trust run the online series of New Maudsley workshops for carers on a rolling basis:
- Workshop One: Introductions, Psychoeducation and Empathy.
- Workshop Two: Cycle of Change and Motivational Language.
- Workshop Three: Reflecting on Caring Responses – What to Try When Things Feel Stuck.
- Workshop Four: Coaching Your Loved One to Make Their Own Changes.
- Workshop Five: Review and Reflect; Relapse Contingency Planning.
Book the CWT-funded New Maudsley series through the Charlie Waller Trust. Ideally, you will attend all five workshops in the series.
Deeper Dive sessions
The sessions below take a deeper look at common challenging areas and are facilitated by Jenny. Please email Jenny directly to book a place.
Rolling autism programme funded by the Charlie Waller Trust
This programme is additional to the core series of five workshops, although you can attend without having completed the core series.
- Session 1: Autism and ED skills – illustration of New Maudsley skills, with guest Anna Gilson. Thursday 8 October 2026, 6pm–8.30pm.
- Session 2: New Maudsley session on autism-affirming communication styles. Thursday 12 November 2026, 6pm–8.30pm.
- Session 3: New Maudsley session on autism-friendly techniques for planning for change. Thursday 10 December 2026, 6pm–8.30pm.
Topical one-off Zoom sessions funded by the Charlie Waller Trust
These sessions take a deeper look at areas carers commonly ask about which are not covered in detail in the core series:
- Session for male carers: Tuesday 1 September 2026, 6pm–8.30pm.
- Meal planning and meal support: Wednesday 2 September 2026, 9.30am–12pm.
- OCD and eating disorders: Tuesday 8 September 2026, 6pm–8.30pm.
- Self-harm and eating disorders: Wednesday 7 October 2026, 9.30am–12pm.
- Supporting an adult (aged 18+) with an eating disorder: Wednesday 7 October 2026, 6pm–8.30pm.
- The teenage brain and eating disorders: Wednesday 14 October 2026, 6pm–8.30pm.
- Relapse contingency planning: Friday 13 November 2026, 9.30am–12pm.
- Perfectionism and eating disorders: Tuesday 1 December 2026, 6pm–8.30pm.
- Compulsive exercise and eating disorders: Tuesday 8 December 2026, 6pm–8.30pm.
- Bingeing and purging aspects of eating disorders: Wednesday 13 January 2027, 9am–12.30pm.
- OCD and eating disorders: Wednesday 20 January 2027, 9am–12.30pm.
You are welcome to sign up for any or all of these sessions if they are relevant to your situation. Email Jenny if you, someone else in your family or someone in your wider network would like to book.
Who the programme is for
The New Maudsley model is person-centred. It is suitable for carers of neurodivergent and neurotypical loved ones, and it can be applied across all types of eating disorder. Up to 50% of families attending the sessions report that their loved one is autistic or has high levels of autistic traits that pre-dated the eating disorder.
The next chapter of the New Maudsley Carer Programme
Jenny is now offering limited one-to-one coaching and small-group practical skills sessions as paid-for sessions. Please get in touch if you would like more details.
Jenny and Martin are also updating the website and adding more on-demand content, which will be available for a modest price. You can continue to download free worksheets and access videos and podcasts across the website.
If you have ideas for anything that could usefully be added to the programme, please let Jenny know and she will do her best to accommodate your requests.
With love,
Jenny