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March 10, 2026Episode 345 min

NMCS S3E2: The value of Maudsley carer skills with Veronica Kamerling

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.Notes:Veronica's website: Eating Disorders & CarersJenny's website: https://newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk/Bodywhys website: https://www.bodywhys.ie/

January 27, 2026Episode 144 min

NMCS S3E1: Supporting carers with Prof. Janet Treasure OBE

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.NotesJenny's website: https://newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk/Bodywhys website: https://www.bodywhys.ie/

December 3, 2025Episode 1936 min

NMCS S2E20: The teenage brain and eating disorders

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.NotesJenny's website: https://newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk/Bodywhys website: https://www.bodywhys.ie/

October 17, 2025Episode 1949 min

NMCS S2E19: A conversation about eating disorder recovery with Hannah Hickinbotham

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.NotesJenny's website: https://newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk/Bodywhys website: https://www.bodywhys.ie/Hannah's podcast - The Full of Beans Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RcJRo9tyIP4RzeZr2kSNO

September 24, 2025Episode 1834 min

NMCS S2E18: Perfectionism and eating disorders

In this episode, Jenny and Harriet discuss the role of perfectionism in eating disorders, and how the New Maudsley Carer Skills can be used by carers to support their loved one to identify perfectionism and move away from the tyranny of perfectionism. NotesJenny's website: https://newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk/Bodywhys website: https://www.bodywhys.ie/

September 10, 2025Episode 1744 min

NMCS S2E17: Compulsive exercise and eating disorders

In this episode, Jenny and Harriet talk about the role of exercise and compulsive exercise in eating disorders. How do we know if a person is exercising to an extreme and how can we support a person as they change their relationship with exercise.NotesJenny's website: https://newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk/Jenny is running a session for those supporting a person with an eating disorder titled 'Compulsive exercise and eating disorders and return to healthy sport' on: Monday, October 13th, 2025 from 1.30pm to 4pm. Email: jenny@newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk to register your interestBodywhys website: https://www.bodywhys.ie/Resources mentioned in the podcast:CET : Compulsive exercise testREDS : relative energy deficit in sportsSEES : safe exercise at every stageLEAP (CBT programme from Loughborough university)LEAP (finding areas of agreement – LEAP institute)Nottingham University – guidance for sports professionals, PE teachers, Personal Trainers, gym staff and others.Peace pathway – autism and compulsive exerciseThe Exercise Clinic : Specialist Eating Disorder & Compulsive Exercise Treatment

August 20, 2025Episode 5929 min

Episode 59: How bodies matter and intrude in recovery

In this episode, Barry speaks with clinical psychologist, Dr Agnes Ringer, about paradoxes in eating disorder recovery. We explore the role of workshops, the analytical questions, ambivalence, mechanical eating and agency.NotesTroublesome Bodies: How Bodies Come to Matter and Intrude in Eating Disorder Recovery | Culture, Medicine, and PsychiatryAnorexia as Parody: Postmodern Feminism and the Paradoxes of Anorexia

July 22, 2025Episode 5828 min

Episode 58: Tending the roots: Trauma and women’s experiences

In this episode, Barry speaks with Bridgette Becker about her MA thesis. They talk about the role of historical trauma in women's experiences of eating disorders and the role of the patriarchy.NotesTending the Roots: Implications for Historical Trauma and Its Manifestations in Women's Eating Disorders - ProQuest

July 1, 2025Episode 5720 min

Episode 57: The experiences and support needs of mothers with eating disorders

In this episode, Barry talks to Dr Laura Chapman, Senior Research Associate, University of Bristol, about the experiences and support needs of mothers with eating disorders. We explore previous research, and key themes, such as parenting as a double-edged sword and potential clinical implications of Laura's work. Laura also talks about her personal connection to eating disorders.Notes“I think it is woven through me, and sadly that means it is woven through our family life”: the experiences and support needs of mothers with eating disorders | Journal of Eating Disorders

June 23, 2025Episode 1648 min

NMCS: S2E16: Body dysmorphic disorder and body image distortion

In this episode, Jenny and Harriet discuss body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), and body image distortion in eating disorder recovery. Although these are not the same thing, the terms are often interchanged. Jenny and Harriet talk about both, and how they may intersect when an eating disorder is in the picture. NotesJenny's websiteBodywhys.ieInternational OCD Foundation | Eating Disorders are Not the Same as Body Dysmorphic Disorder (And Why It Matters)