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SELF-GUIDED RESOURCES
Not everyone’s ready to dive into therapy—and that’s okay. Whether you’re just starting to think about your relationship with your appearance or looking for tools to help you cope, these resources are a gentle place to start. From books and podcasts to apps, charities, and expert-led content, everything here is designed to support you—no pressure, just help when you need it.
BOOKS
CATEGORIES:
Stand Tall, Little Girl: Facing Up to Anorexia
Hope Virgo
You Are Not a Before Picture
Alex Light
Understanding Body Dysmorphic Disorder: An Essential Guide
Katharine A. Phillips
More Than A Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament
Dr Lexie Kite, Lindsay Kite
Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, and Just Plain Fail to Understand about Weight
Linda Bacon, Lucy Aphramor
The Body Image Workbook: An Eight-Step Program for Learning to Like Your Looks
Thomas F. Cash
CHARITIES
CATEGORIES:
Body Image Movement
Appearance-related
No Panic
General Mental Health, Anxiety
Every Mind Matters
General Mental Health
Changing Faces
Appearance-related
CALM
General Mental Health
Beat
Eating Disorders
PODCAST
CATEGORIES:
Beating BDD Podcast
The BDD Foundation
The Eating Disorder Therapist
Harriet Frew
The Full of Beans Podcast
Hannah Hickinbotham
APPS
CATEGORIES:
Been There
BDD
Recovery Record
Eating Disorders
SPOKE
General Wellbeing
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