For advocates, therapists, and those who help
vera·you is a tool people reach for in hard moments: to keep the record, to name what's happening, to come back to themselves. If you work with survivors, clients, patients, or congregants, here's what vera·you offers your practice — and how we've tried to respect both sides of that relationship.
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Sessions export as verifiable bundles — JSON with chain-of-custody checksums, PDF transcripts with speaker attribution, original audio, and cryptographic signatures. Compatible with legal discovery. Can be handed to an attorney or the court without needing to be converted or translated.
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Zero-knowledge encryption. The client's password derives the keys; we never see content. If they're concerned about a partner accessing their phone, the mobile app supports a decoy icon and panic gestures. If they lose access, a recovery key (stored offline) can bring them back. We cannot be pressured into producing content — we don't have it.
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Named patterns from the manipulation and abuse literature — gaslighting, DARVO, coercive control, intermittent reinforcement, and more — surfaced in-line with evidence. Your clients arrive with the vocabulary already; the pattern glossary is available for reference.
In your practice
Most advocates and therapists who've looked at vera·you suggest it to clients as an "observation tool" — not a replacement for the work, but an aid to it. Between sessions, clients capture what happened; in session, you review together. Three common modes:
For clients in jurisdictions where recording is restricted, or for those who prefer reflection over recording: voice memos and typed observations between sessions build a time-series of what the client is noticing.
Clients who need to document specific incidents — for custody, legal, or personal clarity — record with consent where required, or self-monitor in one-party regions. The evidence bundle is ready when they need it.
Over weeks, the pattern dashboard surfaces what's recurring. Useful for clients who "can't quite describe it" — seeing the shape of a relationship rendered visible often clarifies what's been felt for months.
Partnership
If you work in domestic-violence advocacy, trauma therapy, social work, family law, or any practice that serves people navigating harm — and you're curious about how vera·you could serve your clients — we'd love to talk. We take your feedback seriously and route changes to the product through what advocates tell us.
Write to usadvocates@vera.you