The BEAR Therapeutic Program for Women
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Stanford University
- Where
- Stanford, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Completed
- People taking part
- 36 people enrolled
- Started
- 1 Mar 2023
- Ended
- 1 Apr 2026
- Type of study
- Observational, 2 groups
- Treatments tested
- BEAR
- Record updated
- 12 November 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years to 70 years
- Sex
- Women only
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Women ages 18-70
- History of physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse/neglect/violence, with subsequent interpersonal or psychological distress (e.g., depression or anxiety) related to this history
Who cannot take part
- Significant medical conditions that would preclude safe participation in the study
- Psychiatric instability
- History of assaultive behavior or is judged to be at potential risk to assault others
- Active, significant substance abuse
- High levels of depression with significant suicide risk
Where in United States
- Stanford University School of MedicineStanford, United States
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The current study aims to test a novel therapeutic intervention for women who have a history of interpersonal trauma. The Building Empowerment and Resilience (BEAR) Therapeutic group incorporates psychological skills, psychoeducation, and physical empowerment training, all within a therapeutic process. It will be implemented iwith women who have experienced interpersonal trauma (physical, sexual, or emotional abuse/neglect). The investigators aim to understand how this program effects one's self-efficacy and whether the program can reduce rates mental health problems (such as depression and anxiety) and reduce the rates of revictimization. Women who participate in the BEAR group must be able to attend in-person sessions. The control group can be remote.
The 2 groups in the trial
- BEAR intervention group
BEAR Therapeutic group for women who have experienced interpersonal trauma
Treatment: BEAR
- Control Condition
Treatment as usual group, women participating in individual or group therapy but not taking the BEAR group
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- The Building Empowerment and Resilience Therapeutic Program for Women With a History of Trauma
- Record updated
- 12 November 2026