The Survivor Friendly™ designation is a trust symbol awarded to businesses, healthcare providers, and institutions that uphold the dignity, privacy, and safety of trauma survivors — especially those affected by assault, stalking, domestic violence, and betrayal-related trauma.

This certification, issued by The Parabole, is part of a broader effort to establish survivor-safe environments across industries. It helps customers, patients, and employees identify which businesses and providers have made a public, ethical commitment to trauma-informed standards.

✅ Core Principles

To be certified as Survivor Friendly™, a business must:

• Acknowledge that trauma impacts financial, physical, and emotional safety

• Have a clear no-tolerance policy for harassment or exploitation of vulnerable customers or staff

• Agree not to exploit trauma survivors for commercial or promotional gain

• Avoid affiliations that could retraumatize or endanger survivors (e.g., employees with undisclosed connections to perpetrators)

• Offer dignity-based services that prioritize emotional autonomy, confidentiality, and spiritual respect

🛍️ Sectors That Can Apply

• Medical practices (OB-GYN, therapy, hospitals)

• Salons, spas, gyms

• Retail and hospitality

• Schools and colleges

• Law firms, nonprofits, churches

💡 Survivor-Friendly in Practice:

• A coffee shop posts: “We are Survivor Friendly™. If you need a moment of peace or feel unsafe, let any staff member know.”

• An OB-GYN practice ensures that patients can request trauma-informed practitioners and ask about potential staff relationships to perpetrators.

• A workplace establishes protocols to protect survivor-identified employees from gossip, exploitation, or power-based harassment.

📜 What Survivors Can Expect:

• A trauma-informed, spiritually safe atmosphere

• Staff trained to respond with empathy, not interrogation

• Optional privacy signage or badges (e.g., “Thank you for surviving”)

• No forced disclosure or assumptions

• A space where faith, dignity, and safety are honored equally

🤝 What Businesses Receive:

• Digital Survivor Friendly™ badge

• Listing in The Parabole’s trusted directory

• Access to trauma-informed scripts and service signage

• Optional custom support for onboarding staff

💼 Certification Cost

Sliding scale based on business size:

• Solo practitioners / freelancers: $47

• Small businesses: $97

• Mid-sized organizations: $197

• Corporate / multi-location: $497+

Annual renewal includes script updates, survivor feedback forms, and new campaign assets.