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meet the founder

My name is Louise and I'm the Founder and Creator of WorryTree.

I created WorryTree after being diagnosed with Generalised Anxiety Disorder and being referred for a series of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy sessions.

During my CBT sessions, I learnt to catch worries and negative thoughts in the act, as they were happening, record and challenge them and where possible deal with them or change them. I worked hard to follow my therapist's homework suggestions, but grew tired of scribbling worries down on scraps of paper. 

So I looked for an App for my phone. 

I found plenty of apps that would help me schedule 'worry time' for later on, but nothing that quite fit the bill in terms of recording and problem solving worries there and then. So I built one.

And WorryTree was born and then launched on Google Play. 

With support from Ieso Digital Health we were then able to release a new, more user friendly version of WorryTree on Apple as well! 

Thanks also go to Emkore for their development support and Dominique Marshall for her beautiful branding work. 

 

At WorryTree, we believe in

Simplicity

WorryTree is designed to be a simple and effective way to control worry based on recognised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques. We keep WorryTree's design simple so that you can focus on getting on with your day to day life.

Service

Providing a reliable and responsive service is at the heart of everything we do at WorryTree. If you have a question or some feedback, we will always respond to you as soon as possible and we aim to involve as many users as we can in our future development. 

Habit Change

We believe that we can all make practical day-to-day changes that will help us to form new habits and that recording and problem solving your worried thoughts on a regular basis will help you to re-train your thought patterns and take control of worry. 

Encouragement

WorryTree was founded by worriers, for people who find themselves overwhelmed by worried and negative thoughts. We want users to feel encouraged and not alone when they are a part of the WorryTree community of users.