Suman Ambwani Author

Janet Treasure OBE, PhD, FRCP, FRCPsych was trained in the management of eating disorders by Gerald Russell and his team at the Maudsley Hospital. She was made a Professor of Psychiatry at King’s College London in 2000 and was awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II for her work in eating disorders in 2013. She was a pioneer at working closely with those with lived experience and the range of creative skills that they offered in order build new models of treatment. This manual summarises the approach.

Valentina Cardi, PhD is an academic clinical psychologist working at the University of Padova. She has an interest in the development and evaluation of novel psychological interventions for people with eating disorders, and in collaboration with people with lived experience. She has been working with Professor Treasure and her team at King’s College London since 2012 and is now an advocate for collaborative work with patients with eating disorders and their families in Italy.

Suman Ambwani, PhD is a research psychologist, faculty, and Program Director at DIS Study Abroad in Scandinavia, specializing in the prevention and treatment of eating disorders. She teaches undergraduate courses on eating disorders and psychotherapy and has worked with Professor Treasure and her team at King’s College London since 2012 on developing and evaluating resources in close collaboration with people with lived experience of anorexia nervosa and their supporters.

Pam Macdonald, PhD is a research psychologist and trainer with lived experience of supporting a loved one with an eating disorder. She has worked with Professor Treasure and her team at King’s College, London since 2006 on the development of skills training interventions for carers of people with an eating disorder. More recently, she has been actively involved in the training and supervision of clinicians, carers and peer mentors.