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Participants Wanted for Study on Anonymization in Healthcare

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Update, 2/20/2026: Recruitment for this study has been extended. If you are eligible and have not yet participated, please consider doing so!

Original Post, 7/7/2025:

Participants are needed for a new research project being conducted by Project VERANDA in Germany, a initiative which aims to develop new software for video, audio and text chat anonymization, for use in remote psychotherapy. The survey aims to understand the barriers different people face when accessing care, especially with regard to anonymity, and how these barriers can be overcome.

Anyone who is 18 years of age or older and speaks either English or German is invited to participate by completing a 30-45 minute survey. Interested potential participants may click the following link to participate or learn more:

Go to survey

The researchers have provided the following message with additional information about the study:

We are developing video, audio and text anonymization tools to provide anonymous access to help and support healthcare services.

Therefore, we would like to get your input on the features and requirements for these tools. For this purpose, we have set up an anonymous survey to collect your feedback. With your participation, we hope to develop a free and trustworthy tool.

We are a group of researchers from the Charité University Hospital of Berlin and our project partners.

While the researchers are associated with and the project is born from sexual abuse prevention projects, this project is independent and intended to be used in a wider variety of use cases, not exclusively for prevention services.

If you want to know more or are willing to participate, you can find further information and the survey under the following link:

https://survey.charite.de/Gr_01

The survey will be running until 14.05.2026. We would greatly appreciate your participation! For inquiries, please contact Luke Flanagan: Luke.Flanagan@bih-charite.de

Save The Date – 2026 Professional Conference

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B4U-ACT is pleased to announce our 2026 conference, Toward a Shared Goal: Uniting Researchers, Providers, and Community to Promote a Better Understanding of MAPs. This year’s event will bring together researchers, mental health professionals, and community members who are committed to advancing ethical, research-informed approaches to supporting minor-attracted people (MAPs).

The conference will take place June 12–14, 2026, in the American Southwest. We invite you to join us for three days of connection, collaboration, and forward-thinking discussion.

Our keynote speakers will be Ian McPhail, PhD, CPsych (Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University) and The Reverend David M. Ortmann, LCSW, CMBT, OSM (author of On Ageplay, Minor Attraction, and Recapturing Pleasure – One Therapist’s Tale and Sexual Outsiders: Understanding BDSM Sexualities and Communities). Sessions will include presentations, panels, round tables, and interactive workshops that highlight new insights, emerging research, and shared goals for progress.

Registration details will be available soon. For now, please feel free to reach out to conference@b4uact.org with any questions.

We hope to see you there.

Warm regards,
B4U-ACT

B4QR Volume 5, Issue 4 Out Now

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Volume 5, Issue 4 of the B4U-ACT Quarterly Review has just been released and is available here.

This issue concludes the fifth volume of B4QR, and includes short critical summaries of five studies published between late 2024 and 2025. The featured scholar in the “Meet The New Generation” section of this issue is Laura Sibret, a PhD Student in Criminology at the University of Portsmouth. The full text is available to read for free on our site.

Issue 4