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

April 28, 2026 updated by: Idun Røseth, Sykehuset Telemark

Take Your Sexuality Back - a Feasibility Study of a New Intervention for Sexually Traumatized Women

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.

Study Overview

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

12

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Norway
    • Telemark
      • Skien, Telemark, Norway, 3710
        • Telemark Hospital Trust

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Being partner of a participant in the intervention group.

Exclusion Criteria:

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Treatment group "Take your sexuality back"
"Take your sexuality back" is a 12 week group intervention for sexually traumatized women.
Behavioral: "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.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
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?
Time Frame: 1-2 weeks after participants have completed 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.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Sykehuset Telemark

Collaborators

University of Agder
NTNU Health (sponsor)

Investigators

  • Study Director: Hege Kersten, PhD, Sykehuset Telemark

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 27, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

September 1, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

December 1, 2028

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 28, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 28, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

May 6, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 6, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 28, 2026

Last Verified

April 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • REKNR829297

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

Qualitative data are sensitive and participant anonymity cannot be guaranteed.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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