Honest answers

No, and we're honest about that. DoraVera is a self-guided, trauma-informed healing companion built on somatic and neuroscience principles. It doesn't diagnose or treat.

Many women use it alongside therapy, some while waiting for it, and some on their own at their own pace. It isn't a replacement for professional care, and the crisis resources always point you to human help.

Any woman touched by sexual trauma: recent or decades old, remembered fully or barely at all, named or unnamed. You do not need to categorise your pain to heal it.

Because shared experience matters and creating safety comes first. This is a deliberate choice, made so women don't have to explain, justify or translate, including anyone who feels hypervigilant around men after what happened. DoraVera is built by a woman, for women, from lived experience.

If you're not a woman, we honour your pain and hope you find a space made for you.

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No. The seven energy centres are a traditional map of the body, not a claim of proven science, and you don't need to believe in them for the practices to help.

Every practice is explained in the language of the nervous system and the language of energy. Use whichever serves you. It works whether you're an atheist or devout.

Hazel Rose, a trauma-informed practitioner, from lived experience.

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Then that's okay. It's information we can work with.

Crisis Support and the Foundational Practices are always easy to find in the app, there to support you alongside the Emotional First Aid Kit.

If you need to stop, that's okay too. Pausing is a way of looking after yourself, and you can come back whenever you're ready.

No. We suggest starting with Safety, but it's a suggestion, not a rule.

If you've done a lot of healing and want to work on one stuck place, our short guide can point you to the Layer that matches your belief.

No. There's no requirement to recall, recount or describe events anywhere in DoraVera.

Healing here works through your body's present-day patterns (breath, tension, sensation and belief), not through retelling. Your story stays entirely yours to share, or not.

Every Layer follows the same gentle pattern: arrive, feel safe, understand, practise and make it yours.

Yes, many women do. You choose what, if anything, to share with your therapist.

Roots, our free tier, is free forever and always includes the safety tools. The full journey is available by subscription, and there are reduced-rate and free places for anyone who needs them.

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You can cancel any time.

Please use our crisis numbers for helplines in your country. DoraVera isn't a crisis service, and we can't respond to emails in an emergency.

We collect as little as we can, and we never sell or rent your data. You can read more on our Privacy page.

The community is an invitation, never an obligation. Please be careful about sharing details that could identify you, because no online space can guarantee complete anonymity.