Aftercare

Reflective or supportive activity following an intimate, intense, or sensitive interaction, in which participants check in on each other's wellbeing, discuss the experience, and address any needs that arise. The concept is drawn into HCI through consent technology research as a counterweight to purely transactional consent: post-interaction reflection, sometimes supported by tools that show logged interaction data with participant permission, is treated as part of the consent process rather than separate from it.