Apart of Me is a multi-award-winning therapeutic game. It was co-created by experts in child psychology and bereaved young people, and translates bereavement counselling techniques into a magical 3D world.
You will be transported to a beautiful, peaceful island where you will meet a variety of friendly creatures. You will be given a guide to support you along your journey. Your guide will help you to explore, accept, understand and articulate your experience of grief and the wide range of emotions connected to it.
As you progress through the game, you will discover your own strengths and wisdom. The island is a safe place where you can begin to process your grief at a pace that suits you, remember the person you have lost, and hear from others who know what it is like to lose someone you love.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
"I've been using your app with a lot of grieving children and teenagers and it's just amazing." - Sara, child psychologist heading up one of Portugal's biggest Child Psychology & Complicated Grief clinics
"This game is beautiful. It helped me a lot in my time of need. It has calmed my anxiety tremendously. The rock pool is so useful, I go there when I wake up to start my nice and when I go to sleep. The stories are my favourite part, I listen to one whenever I can. Thank you for this game. I love it so much." - Rosabella, Review
"This game has the ability to change lives and save others." - William Hunter Howell, bestselling author of Affable in Adversity
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- Best Youth Focused Emotional Support Application - Global Health & Pharma Technology Awards
- Points of Light Award - Prime Minister's Office
- Finalist - Tech4Good Awards
- Shortlisted for a BAFTA Award
- Featured on the Notable Children's Digital Media list (US)
- Awarded the Orcha Health App Quality Mark
- Included in the Welsh Government's Mental Health Toolkit
PRESS
Apart of Me has been featured by the BBC, The Guardian, Evening Standard, Huffington Post, and ITN.
ABOUT BOUNCE WORKS
Bounce Works is a social enterprise with a mission to overturn the growing crisis in mental health among young people by creating engaging and effective digital products and services. We created Apart of Me because we wanted to help young people and their families through the darkness of grief towards a hopeful and fulfilling future.
APART OF ME TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Apart of Me is intended to support children and young people who have a terminally-ill family member or friend, or who have had a family member or friend die. It is not intended to replace independent professional advice from qualified counsellors, psychotherapists and medical practitioners. There are people who can help you if you feel that you need more support, so please speak to someone you can trust or seek professional guidance.
In the future we may collect some data from users to help research effectiveness of game features and therapeutic techniques. Don't worry, we'll ask for your permission before we collect anything identifiable and you will be welcome to say no at any time.
Apart of Me has been designed for ages 11+
You can read more about our terms and conditions at https://apartofme.app/terms/
Our privacy policy is at https://apartofme.app/privacy/
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What's New in Apart of Me
1.3.5
April 22, 2021
This release makes various gameplay improvements including:
- Quests and bottles can now be shared with your loved ones
- The player character is now visible when moving beneath the island's tree cover
- We have added more international support organisations
We are actively reading your feedback. Please email us at support@apartofme.app with any suggestions, questions or problems.
Although I am older than the target audience I downloaded this app the day after my dog 🐶recieved his guardian angel wings 🪽the first time I have ever had to grieve an incredibly close loss. I will forever be grateful for this app existing. I will make sure to recommend Apart of Me to anyone I feel would benefit. I’ve started using the term “guide” in my daily life now to inspire me to be the person I want to be for myself and my family. It also helps me to identify the people who I see as guides. I don’t think I could possibly thank the developers enough. Grief feels so much less scary whenever I visit the app. It makes me feel secure and that my grief is in good hands and I can fully trust that the I will find the content to be helpful and not harmful. My favorite feature would probably be the guide diaries, at first I hesitated to read them but I actually think about each story every day to find comfort and solace in the parts that were relatable to my own story and to feel a sense of community. I try to remember as many details as I can every day so I feel like a good listener for someone to share their story with me because I know I would like to be treated the same way and for others to hold my story as close to their hearts as I do theirs.
