Worth Warrior: help body image

Worth Warrior is a free app designed for young people struggling with negative body image, low self-worth, and early-stage eating difficulties or disorders. Created by Dr. Krause, a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, in collaboration with young people, it uses principles from evidence-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for eating disorders (CBT-E).

The app provides a range of helpful activities and information to challenge and change thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and body image issues underlying low self-worth. Users can identify triggers and maintaining factors, and work towards positive change. The 'Change the Story' section helps identify negative self-thoughts and substitute them with positive ones. 'Change the Action' focuses on altering negative behaviors, and 'Change the Emotion' offers alternative self-soothing behaviors.

The app also includes information on regular eating, health consequences, and factors maintaining eating disorders. Users can build a 'safety net' of helpful thoughts, behaviors, and contacts, and track progress in a journal. No identifiable data is collected, and no Wi-Fi is required. It is built to NHS standards. Note that Worth Warrior is a treatment aid, not a replacement for professional help.