Worried about
self-harm?
Calm Harm is a free* app that

helps you manage or

resist the urge to self-harm.

  

Worried about
self-harm?
Download the free* Calm Harm app

About Calm Harm

Calm Harm is an award-winning app funded by teenage mental health charity stem4, to help manage the urge to self-harm. It was developed by Clinical Psychologist Dr. Nihara Krause MBE, in collaboration with young people and uses principles from an evidence-based psychological treatment called Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).

 

The urge to self-harm is like a wave. It feels the most powerful when you start wanting to do it.

 

Learn to ride the wave with the Calm Harm app by choosing activities from these categories:
Comfort, Distract, Express Yourself, Release, and Random.

 

There is also a breathing exercise to help you be mindful and stay in the moment, regulate difficult emotions, and reduce tension.

 

When you ride the wave, the urge to self-harm will fade.

 

The Calm Harm app provides some immediate activities and techniques to help you break the cycle of self-harm behaviour and explore underlying trigger factors; the app supports you in building a ‘safety net’ of helpful thoughts, behaviours, and access to supportive people, as well as providing the opportunity to journal and self-reflect. The Calm Harm app also signposts to help.

 

The app is private, anonymous, and safe.

Please note that the Calm Harm app is not a substitute for the assessment and individualised treatment by a health or mental health professional.

 

Our app is for young people over the age of 13.

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