Felicia Rosario, MD is a strategic advisor specializing in behavior shaped by trauma, coercion, and high-control dynamics. She draws on training in medicine, behavioral science, and forensic practice to help professionals interpret complex human behavior in high-stakes environments.
She is featured in Stolen Youth: The Cult at Sarah Lawrence, where she speaks to the realities of coercive control and the systems that struggle to recognize it. This context informs a practical, grounded understanding of how trauma and influence affect presentation, communication, and decision-making.
Expertise
Felicia’s work integrates medical training, behavioral analysis, and ethical decision-making. She helps attorneys and institutions understand constrained, contradictory, or pressured behavior with clarity and accuracy.
Perspective
Her approach is direct, informed, and system-aware. Felicia brings both professional and lived insight to her advisory work, offering clear frameworks that help decision-makers understand what they are seeing — and what it means for the decisions in front of them.
Recognition
Felicia is recognized for her contributions to conversations on coercive control, institutional response, and trauma-shaped behavior. She consults with legal teams, organizations, and leaders navigating high-stakes situations involving complex human dynamics.
Strategic Advisory
I work with attorneys, institutions, and organizational leaders who need clear insight into behavior shaped by trauma, coercion, and high-pressure dynamics.
I help decision-makers understand what is driving constrained, inconsistent, or pressured behavior — and what it does and does not indicate in high-stakes situations.
My advisory work includes behavioral analysis, case consultation, and practical frameworks for interpreting complex human dynamics.
I speak to legal, clinical, academic, and institutional audiences about trauma-shaped behavior, coercive influence, and decision-making under pressure. My talks offer clear, practical frameworks for interpreting complex behavior in high-stakes environments.
Topics include:
Ethics of coercion and compromised autonomy
Trauma-shaped and contradictory presentation
Real-time coercive dynamics and professional blind spots
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