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Story-led interactive experiences for mental health.

Liminal Senses is a specialist digital health consultancy and research-led lab studio.

We help clinicians, researchers, commercial organisations, health and game designers turn clinical mental health research into digital products people actually use, closing the gap between intervention and engagement with which most digital health products struggle.

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Why are we different?

Clinical insight, narrative design and the operational rigour to deliver at scale

We sit at the intersection of human-centric research, interaction design and clinical insight, leading the under-explored potential of specially designed commercial virtual experiences for mental wellbeing.

Our edge starts with who we are. Co-production with lived experience and accessibility from day one puts us ahead in this emerging market. Digital Health expert and founder Cristobal has researched the development of play interventions and serious games for mental health. Bringing a decade of interactive design practice in media and health, Cristobal bridges the gap between evidence and engaging design which most digital health products never close. Zheng brings first-principles problem-solving and a track record delivering large-scale digital product adoption for major global organisations.

  • Understand how people actually experience your intervention, so you can iterate with confidence and care

  • Insight drawn from research, patients, players and clinicians to innovate thoughtfully and responsibly informed

  • Drive better engagement, real impact and genuine wellbeing into commercial products, not a bolted-on wellness feature.

We bring a decade of experience at the intersection of clinical research, VIRTUAL storytelling and INTERACTION design. That includes peer-reviewed publications, a PhD in serious games for anxiety and a background spanning Wellcome Trust, Arts Council England, Creative England and MoMA.

Commissioned, published and exhibited by
BBC                   Museum of Modern Art        University of York             The Lancet Psychiatry                  ACM CHI PLAY                             Wellcome Trust        The Place                   ENGLISH National Ballet        NHS Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys         Somerset House LONDON

RESEARCH DOCTORATE, University of York
Peer-reviewed in PACM HCI and The Lancet Psychiatry
Two apps shipped on iOS and Android
Fifteen years of commissioned work for arts, broadcast and health

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