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Healing Together: Partners' Experiences in the Journey of Sexual Trauma Recovery Through the Intervention Take Your Sexuality Back for Sexually Traumatized Women.
Sponsor: Sykehuset Telemark
Summary
This study aims to gain insight into the experiences of partners to participants in the "Take Your Sexuality Back" intervention groups, evaluate the intervention's acceptability, and identify necessary modifications. This study is part of a larger project that seeks to establish a scientific basis for this innovative, group-based treatment to help women who have experienced sexual trauma heal their sexuality. Before implementing the intervention in the healthcare system and initiating a larger randomized controlled trial, the investigators will evaluate the intervention's feasibility and potential efficacy, as well as gain a more comprehensive understanding of treatment outcomes. In addition to collecting quantitative data, it is crucial to gather qualitative data on participants' and participants partners´ experiences. In this study, data will be obtained through in-depth interviews with partners´ to group participants after they complete the intervention.
Official title: Take Your Sexuality Back - a Feasibility Study of a New Intervention for Sexually Traumatized Women
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
12
Start Date
2025-08-27
Completion Date
2028-12
Last Updated
2026-05-06
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
"Take your sexuality back"
The intervention is trauma-sensitive and focus both on traumatized sexuality and positive sexuality. It incorporates regulatory skills to prevent re-traumatization when addressing sex-positive themes, thus accommodating a wide range of trauma-related symptoms, sexual shame, sexual dysfunctions, and regulation difficulties. The intervention integrates psychoeducation, exercises, reflections and sharing. The intervention include partners to participants in two of the sessions.
Locations (1)
Telemark Hospital Trust
Skien, Telemark, Norway