Mini-series: Self-Harm and Eating Disorders. Episode 1: The link between self-harm and eating disorders

In this episode, Jenny and Harriet continue with the mini-series on self-harm and eating disorders. They discuss how using the cycle of change can help carers to support their loved one and encourage open conversations, as well as some helpful animal metaphors to use. Jenny's website: https://newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk/ Jenny's shop: Shop - newmaudsleycarers-kent Bodywhys website: ⁠https://www.bodywhys.ie/

Jenny and Harriet are joined by another special guest in this episode - Veronica Kamerling, a mother, carer, and someone who’s spent over 23 years supporting families affected by eating disorders and mental illness. Veronica supported both her daughters when they developed an eating disorder. She founded Eating Disorders & Carers, a space for families who, like hers, were doing their best in the dark of mental health recovery. Veronica talks to Harriet and Jenny about the value of the Maudsley carer skills for supporting your loved one with an eating disorder.

Welcome back to the New Maudsley Carer Skills podcast - we are kicking off our third season with a very special guest - Prof. Janet Treasure OBE. Janet joins Harriet and Jenny to talk about supporting carers. Notes Jenny's website: https://newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk/ Bodywhys website: https://www.bodywhys.ie/

In this episode, Jenny and Harriet discuss the topic of the teenage brain and eating disorders, one of the topical sessions that Jenny runs regularly. We'll be thinking through the biology of the brain and how understanding it can help us better understand a teen's eating disorder, and most importantly how understanding the teen brain can help us support a teen with an eating disorder better. Notes Jenny's website: https://newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk/ Bodywhys website: https://www.bodywhys.ie/

In this episode Jenny and Harriet are joined by Hannah Hickinbotham. Hannah was diagnosed with Atypical Anorexia aged 14, and she talks about the twists and turns of her recovery journey, finding a therapy that worked and how she has dealt with a more recent ADHD diagnosis as well.