You See Your Clients for 50 Minutes a Week. What Happens in the Other 10,030 Minutes Matters Too.
HeroMe is a between-session reinforcement tool that generates personalized therapeutic stories for your young clients. Each story applies CBT, narrative therapy, and bibliotherapy frameworks within a 12-chapter arc tailored to the child's specific challenges and world.
What HeroMe Does
HeroMe uses AI to generate personalized therapeutic stories for children ages 4-12. Parents provide information about their child—name, age, comfort objects, pets, home environment, and the specific struggle they are facing. The platform then generates a 12-chapter story arc that embeds research-informed therapeutic techniques within an engaging narrative.
The stories are designed to be read together at bedtime, creating a structured parent-child interaction around therapeutic content. Parent feedback after each chapter shapes subsequent chapters, creating a responsive system that adapts to the child's progress.
CBT Integration
Cognitive reframing and graduated exposure embedded in narrative
Narrative Therapy
Externalization and identity re-authoring through character arcs
Bibliotherapy
Identification, catharsis, and insight through personalized narrative
How It Complements Your Work
You know the challenge: the most impactful work happens between sessions, but between-session engagement is where compliance drops off. Traditional homework assignments often go uncompleted. Parents want to help but are not sure how. Children resist activities that feel clinical.
HeroMe addresses this gap by packaging therapeutic reinforcement in a format that children genuinely look forward to and parents naturally integrate into their routines.
Between-Session Reinforcement
Each chapter reinforces therapeutic concepts introduced in session. Cognitive reframing, coping strategies, and emotional regulation techniques are embedded in the narrative rather than presented as exercises. Children engage with the material voluntarily because the delivery vehicle is a story they enjoy.
A Homework Alternative That Gets Done
Instead of worksheets or journaling prompts that sit untouched, a bedtime story becomes the homework. The therapeutic content is consumed in context, at a time when children are naturally reflective, and delivered through a medium that does not feel like work.
Parent Engagement Tool
Parents read the stories with their children, creating structured opportunities for emotional conversation. The shared reading ritual gives parents a natural entry point for discussing feelings, coping strategies, and progress—without the awkwardness of clinical language at bedtime.
Sustained Engagement
A 12-chapter arc provides sustained narrative engagement over weeks, not minutes. The story structure creates anticipation and continuity that individual exercises cannot match. Children ask for the next chapter, which means they are asking for the next therapeutic interaction.
Clinical Framework
Each story follows a structured therapeutic arc with four phases, designed to mirror the progression of a well-planned treatment course:
Rapport and world-building. Establishes the character in a mirrored environment. Introduces the challenge as external to the character (narrative therapy externalization). Creates identification and safety.
Graduated exposure within the narrative. The character confronts the challenge with initial coping attempts. Models that setbacks are normative. Introduces cognitive reframing opportunities through story events.
Skill acquisition and application. The character discovers and practices effective strategies drawn from CBT and narrative therapy. Insight emerges through character experience rather than didactic instruction.
Integration and generalization. The character applies learned skills to new situations. The narrative models realistic resilience: the challenge does not vanish, but the character has internalized effective coping. Ends with forward-looking agency.
Safety guardrails ensure content remains age-appropriate and clinically sound. Automated content review checks for inappropriate themes, developmental appropriateness, and adherence to clinical guidelines. Stories never minimize feelings, promote avoidance, or introduce concepts beyond the child's stage.
How to Refer a Family
The process is designed to be simple for both you and the families you work with. There is no complex onboarding or clinical setup required on your end.
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Share herome.ai with the family. The first story is free with no credit card required, so there is zero barrier for families to try it.
Family Creates a Story
The parent completes a 5-minute onboarding, sharing their child's details and specific challenge. HeroMe generates a personalized 12-chapter story arc.
Integrate Into Treatment
The family reads a chapter together each night. You can discuss the story's themes in session, using the character's experiences as a bridge to the child's own. The shared narrative provides a common reference point for therapeutic conversation.
Professional Resources
Learn more about the clinical foundations and approach behind HeroMe.
See It for Yourself
Try HeroMe with a free story to see how the therapeutic arc works in practice. No clinical setup required—just a few minutes to experience what your clients' families will see.