Healing Together: Partners' Experiences in the Journey of Sexual Trauma Recovery Through the Intervention Take Your Sexuality Back for Sexually Traumatized Women.

NCT07568717 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: REKNR829297
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 12
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief 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.

Conditions

Sexual Abuse; Posttraumatic Stress Symptom; Sexual Trauma; Partner

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• What are the partners' experiences of participating in the intervention and of being witness to and taking part in their partners (participants) process during the intervention?

  In-depth interviews investigating partners´ experiences and perspectives of the intervention groups, with the aim of identifying areas for potential improvement in the intervention and specifically how partners can best be involved in the rehabilitation process. Interviews will be analyzed through a descriptive phenomenological method.

  1-2 weeks after participants have completed the intervention.

Study Arms (1)

Treatment group "Take your sexuality back"

EXPERIMENTAL

"Take your sexuality back" is a 12 week group intervention for sexually traumatized women.

Behavioral: "Take your sexuality back"

Interventions

"Take your sexuality back" BEHAVIORAL

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.

Treatment group "Take your sexuality back"

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Being partner of a participant in the intervention group.

You may not qualify if:

• Living in an abusive relationship with the participant in the intervention group

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Agder: collaborator
• NTNU Health (sponsor): collaborator
• Sykehuset Telemark: lead

Study Sites (1)

Telemark Hospital Trust

Skien, Telemark, 3710, Norway

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sexual Trauma

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Stress Disorders, Traumatic; Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Hege Kersten, PhD

  Sykehuset Telemark

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 28, 2026
• First Posted: May 6, 2026
• Study Start: August 27, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): September 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2028
• Last Updated: May 6, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

NO (1)