Take CARE of each other.
We help survivors’ supporters give them the kind of support that matters most.
The CARE Program aims to help survivors and supporters (friends, family, romantic partners, and other loved ones) learn ways to communicate that can support recovery after an unwanted sexual experience, and get on the same page about what is helpful to the survivor. CARE is not therapy: it’s a way to learn new skills. CARE is available to pairs of survivors and supporters who enroll together in a voluntary and confidential paid research study within 10 weeks of an unwanted sexual experience.
CARE is free and involves just 2 video-based appointments.
You can attend the appointments using a video connection from your phone, laptop, or tablet. The first CARE appointment involves meeting with an expert and learning more about ways that survivors and supporters can work together to help survivors recover. Then, the survivor and supporter practice their new communication skills over the next two weeks. The second CARE appointment involves meeting with the expert again to talk about how it went to practice the skills on your own.
You could both earn $100+ for helping us learn about CARE’s impact.
Filling out confidential online questionnaires helps us understand how CARE might be helpful to survivors and supporters. Survivors and supporters could each earn $110 for filling out questionnaires before and after you get the CARE program. All of the questions and questionnaires are optional.
By participating, you’d be contributing to research on trauma recovery.
Research studies like these are an important way of figuring out how to best help survivors of unwanted sexual experiences. Our team is led by licensed clinical psychologists at the University of Washington School of Medicine with 15+ years of research experience in the field of trauma recovery who are committed to doing science that is inclusive and caring, and puts survivors first.
