We are delighted to share our New Maudsley Carer Skills Podcast with Jenny Langley and Harriet Parsons. This podcast series intends to bring the New Maudsley Carer Skills to life, in bite size pieces.

You can find Jenny’s website here. For more information on the red and blue balloon exercise, see here.

You can find the podcast by searching ‘Bodywhys Podcast’ through popular podcast platforms, such as Apple, Google and Spotify.

The podcast is also available directly via the ‘Spotify for Podcasters’ platform here.

Season 1: Episodes

1. History of Maudsley, red and blue balloon
2. Readiness ruler
3. Attend Label Validate Soothe (ALVS)
4. Animal metaphors
5. Open Affirmation Reflections Summary (OARS)
6. Stages of change model
7. The decisional balance
8. Develop discrepancy Empathise Amplify ambivalence Roll with resistance Supporting self-efficacy (DEARS)
9. The reassurance trap
10. The accommodation and enabling scale
11. Five step approach to change for carers
12. A Five Step Approach to Change for people with an eating disorder
13. DARN-C and Solution Focused Question
14. SMART goals, anxiety hierarchy
15. The nutritional risk ruler and the concept of reasonable risk
16. Collaborating with care teams
17. An emergency visit to A&E
18. Going to the GP
19. Reclaiming core family values
20. Managing Food and Eating – Part 1
21. Managing Food and Eating – Part 2
22. Managing Food and Eating – Part 3
23. Physically well but not yet recovered
24. Autism and eating disorders
25. Preparing for summer holidays
26. Preparing for college/university
27. Back to school
28. A conversation with Gillian Todd

Specials

• December 2022 – Christmas special
• #EDAW2023 – Exploring Dad’s experiences

1. Welcome back to season 2
2. An introduction to the New Maudsley Carer Skills model when supporting an autistic or neurodivergent person with an eating disorder
3. The purple balloon
4. Adapting OARS when supporting an autistic / neurodivergent person with an eating disorder
5. Adapting the ALVS (Attend, Label, Validate, Soothe) technique when supporting an autistic person with an eating disorder
6. ARFID – Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (Mini-series part 1)
7. ARFID – Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (Mini-series part 2)