WONSA - world of no sexual abuse

What WONSA - world of no sexual abuse does

WONSA — formally "world of no sexual abuse" — is a Swedish charitable foundation (insamlingsstiftelse) headquartered in Stockholm and founded on 12 December 2014 by Dr. Gita Rajan. It delivers specialist trauma care, applied research, professional education, and public-facing resources for survivors of sexual abuse, with a clinical pipeline that included a 1,500+ patient waitlist and 7-9 new registrations per week before the patient-treatment queue was paused during a 2024 organizational restructuring.

The organization's clinical stack rests on three proprietary frameworks — SAIS (Sexual Abuse Information System), SAC (Sexual Abuse Conversation), and SF-Modellen — combined with advanced therapeutic modalities including Lifespan Integration, EMDR, Neurofeedback, and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy. Its research arm is anchored by a collaboration with Karolinska Institutet that has produced at least six publications and generated outcomes evidence of approximately 80% PTSD recovery with a large effect size (d=2.09). Operating capacity is modest, with 1-10 employees and dedicated premises secured in 2022.

WONSA's revenue model is multi-stream and characteristic of a nonprofit platform: Swedish government grants (cumulative 11 MSEK across 2020-2022, with awards escalating from 2 to 3 to 6 MSEK), regional healthcare contracts (notably Region Stockholm from 2018, currently in dispute), individual donations, tiered corporate monthly sponsorship (Bronze/Silver/Gold/Platinum), and fee-based professional training and certification, including international Lifespan Integration trainer certification. The organization is pivoting toward a knowledge-dissemination and resource-center operating model and has escalated procurement and access disputes via regulatory complaints to IVO and JO.

Name

WONSA - world of no sexual abuse

Legal name

WONSA - World of No Sexual Abuse

Website

https://wonsa.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

WONSA is a Stockholm-based Swedish nonprofit foundation delivering specialist trauma care, research, education, and resources for sexual-abuse survivors, built on proprietary SAIS/SAC/SF-Modellen clinical frameworks and evidence-based treatment modalities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockholm

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual donations and memberships: Private individuals support WONSA through one-time Swish donations (123-900 48 21) and annual membership fees in Riksföreningen. All funds go directly to the insamlingsstiftelse for treatment, research, and education.
2. Corporate monthly sponsorship: Companies contribute via monthly AutoGiro payments at four tiers: Bronze (500-1,000 SEK/month), Silver (2,000-3,000 SEK/month), Gold (5,000-10,000 SEK/month), Platinum (10,000+ SEK/month). All funds go unconditionally to the insamlingsstiftelse for clinical operations.
3. Government grants: WONSA receives government funding for specific projects: 2 MSEK from Socialdepartementet (2020) for national training materials; 3 MSEK from Socialdepartementet (2021) for knowledge dissemination; 6 MSEK from Socialstyrelsen (2022) for clinical method development and operations.
4. Regional healthcare contracts: WONSA held treatment contracts with healthcare regions (e.g., Region Stockholm) for specialist clinical services. Under contract, patients previously not helped within regional psychiatry received treatment. Contract disputes with Region Stockholm were reported in 2024-2025.
5. Training and education fees: WONSA certifies healthcare professionals in its treatment methodologies (e.g., Lifespan Integration). Educational offerings were being restructured as of the most recent data.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

WONSA is a Swedish nonprofit charitable foundation that operates a specialist clinic providing evidence-based clinical treatment for survivors of sexual abuse suffering from PTSD, CPTSD, and DID. The organization integrates multiple treatment modalities including Lifespan Integration, EMDR, neurofeedback, Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, and body-based psychotherapy, supported by published research collaborations with Karolinska Institutet. Beyond clinical care, WONSA delivers professional training and certification for healthcare providers, runs educational webinars, and maintains a public resource library.

Product overview

WONSA is a specialized healthcare organization comprising a foundation (Insamlingsstiftelsen), a national association (Riksföreningen), and a specialist clinic. The core offering is clinical treatment for survivors of sexual abuse, encompassing multiple therapeutic modalities including Lifespan Integration, Neurofeedback, and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy. Supporting products include a Resource Library with patient and professional materials, a Professional Certification Program for healthcare workers, Webinar Series on trauma topics, and Child Education Programs. Research collaboration with academic institutions underpins evidence-based treatment development. The organization is undergoing a transformation to expand access through a network of certified practitioners and research clinic operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Specialist Clinic for Sexual Trauma Treatment Specialist clinical treatment services for survivors of sexual abuse, treating PTSD, CPTSD, and DID through an integrated protocol that combines Lifespan Integration, EMDR, neurofeedback, Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, and body-based psychotherapy. Located in Stockholm and Gothenburg.
• Professional Certification Program Certification program for healthcare professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists) on treating sexual trauma, dissociation types and levels, expanding window of tolerance, and trauma treatment techniques. Includes Lifespan Integration certification pathways.
• Riksföreningen WONSA Membership Annual membership in the national association (Riksföreningen WONSA) supporting the foundation's clinical, research, and educational activities, with all membership fees directed to treatment, research, and education programs.

Quantifiable outcome

• ~80% of patients fell below clinical PTSD cutoff after Lifespan Integration treatment (effect size d=2.09, n=28)
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Karolinska InstitutetcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWONSA collaborates with researchers at Karolinska Institutet (KI) on multiple published scientific studies. Gita Rajan is a PhD student at KI. Joint publications include studies on healthcare consumption after sexual abuse (2017, 2020), suicide risk in adolescent girls (2020), delayed healthcare access (2021), and a large survey on sexual violence and mental health published with Folkhälsomyndigheten (2022).
• Lifespan Integration SverigecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWONSA organized the certification of Sweden's first three Lifespan Integration trainers by inviting founder Peggy Pace to Stockholm in 2014. WONSA continues to refer professionals to Lifespan Integration Sverige for LI certification courses. Anmälan till utbildning i LI sker via Lifespan Integration Sverige.
• Folkhälsomyndigheten (Public Health Agency of Sweden)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWONSA conducted its first collaboration with Folkhälsomyndigheten in 2022, producing a large survey on sexual violence, mental health, and suicidality published in Health Science Reports (Wiley, 2022).
• NxtMeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerNxtMe provides support calls and support groups for persons who have experienced childhood sexual abuse. WONSA partnered with NxtMe for the 2025 Incest Day awareness event (March 16), with the live stream recorded by NxtMe.
• RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerWONSA delivered a webinar on sexual abuse consequences for children via RISE's support organization platform in 2021. The 16-minute webinar is available through RISE's Vimeo channel.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Mind (UK): Mind is one of the largest UK mental health charities, providing information, advocacy, and support services. It is a broader incumbent peer in the mental-health nonprofit space, but operates at a much larger and more general scale than WONSA's specialist sexual-trauma focus.
• RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): RAINN is the largest US anti-sexual-violence organization, operating a national hotline and partnering with local providers. It is a broader, more established peer to WONSA in mission and survivor-support orientation, though WONSA adds a deep clinical-treatment component RAINN does not deliver.
• PTSD UK: PTSD UK is a UK mental health charity providing information, support, and resources for trauma survivors. It is a broader peer in trauma-focused charitable services, but does not deliver specialist clinical treatment for sexual trauma.

Regional players

• Storasyster: Storasyster is a Swedish nonprofit supporting women and non-binary survivors of sexual violence, explicitly listed as a partner in WONSA's referral ecosystem. It overlaps in survivor-support and advocacy in the same Swedish geography, but does not provide specialist clinical treatment.
• Bris (Children's Rights in Society): Bris is a Swedish children's rights organization supporting minors exposed to violence and abuse, including running a national helpline for children. It is a comparable Swedish-region peer in child-survivor advocacy and support, though its scope is broader than WONSA's specialist clinical focus.

Emerging players

• Lifespan Integration: Lifespan Integration is the originator of the LI therapy method used and adapted by WONSA, with WONSA having hosted the certification of Sweden's first three LI trainers. It is a peer in treatment methodology and training, though WONSA has built its own adapted protocol for sexual trauma on top of the base method.

Direct peers

• National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC): NSVRC is a US-based nonprofit resource center providing research, training, and materials on sexual violence, mirroring WONSA's resource-library, training, and advocacy functions. It is the closest direct peer in operational model, though WONSA adds a specialist clinical treatment arm.
• Trauma Center at JRI (Justice Resource Institute): The Trauma Center at JRI is a US specialist trauma clinic and research-training center with deep expertise in complex PTSD and trauma treatment, similar to WONSA's clinical-research-training model. It is a direct specialist-clinic peer, though WONSA is more narrowly focused on sexual trauma.

Others

• EMDR Europe Association: EMDR Europe is the regional body certifying and training clinicians in EMDR, a core trauma modality WONSA uses. It is an enabling/methodology peer and adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a direct service competitor.
• ISTSS (International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies): ISTSS is the leading international professional association for traumatic stress, of which WONSA's research director Gita Rajan is a recognized contributor. It is an ecosystem/peer-association participant rather than a direct service provider.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/wonsaworld
• Instagraminstagram.com/wonsaworld
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wonsa

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

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