FORENSIC BEHAVIORAL ANALYST & LITIGATION CONSULTANT

Expert analysis of behavior under coercion

Felicia Rosario, MD helps legal teams, organizations, and media productions interpret behavior shaped by coercion, exploitation, trauma, and high-control systems—clearly, carefully, and in context.

COMPLEX CRIMINAL & CIVIL CASES · COERCIVE CONTROL · CULT DYNAMICS · HUMAN TRAFFICKING

MD · Columbia University AB · Harvard University Member · Program in Psychiatry and the Law Executive Producer · Hulu’s Stolen Youth International Speaker

Work with Felicia Rosario

Litigation consulting, media advising, and speaking engagements for professionals navigating coercion, trauma, and complex human behavior

Meet Dr. Felicia Rosario

Forensic Behavioral Analyst & Litigation Consultant
MD, Columbia University • AB, Harvard University

Dr. Felicia Rosario brings rare clarity to some of the most misunderstood dynamics in human behavior. Drawing from professional expertise and lived experience, she works with legal teams, organizations, and media productions to make sense of behavior shaped by coercion, exploitation, trauma, and high-control systems.

A frequent speaker to audiences worldwide, Dr. Rosario was also an executive producer on the Hulu documentary Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence (2023), which features her story.

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Insights & Media

A promotional graphic for Hulu's series 'Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence,' featuring a silhouette of a person's head with a scene of four people walking towards a large house inside it.

Stolen Youth:
Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence (2023)

Streaming on Hulu
Documentary that includes her journey of coercion and recovery.

Cover of a book titled 'Notes on Coercion' by Felicia Rosario, featuring a woman with long dark hair in a red top, sitting at a table in a dimly lit setting.

Notes on Coercion on Substack

Newsletter with insights, research, and practical advice for life after coercive control. Here, she shares her thoughts on power, responsibility, and agency under pressure.

A wooden bookshelf filled with various books of different sizes, colors, and titles, arranged on multiple shelves.

The Coercion Recovery Shelf

A trauma-informed reading list curated by Dr. Rosario for survivors, families, and helping professionals.