ABOUT COERCION YOU ARE NOT ALONE. SERIOUSLY. Millions are grappling with the long-term effects of coercion experienced in settings of cultic and extremist groups, intimate partner violence, gangs, human trafficking, and more. The criminality and harm of some of these environments are well-understood, but the methods of psychological control and their grave impact are not, leaving an essential gap in help and resources for survivors. "The survivor [of coercive control...] is burdened by major impairments in self-care, in cognition, in memory, in identity, and in the capacity to form stable relationships." - Judith Hermann Not only do victims of coercive environments face numerous personal hurdles to finding help, therapists and social workers rarely know how to intervene or provide lasting support. Affordable and accessible help is almost non-existent. Stronger After is changing that. MISSION Stronger After provides free and accessible support to those have been harmed in coercive groups and relationships. Our goal is to alleviate suffering and stop the dangerous cycle of coercive control. By creating online, one-on-one support and classes, we are able to reach a population that is very often overlooked. We hope to expose coercive control, offer resources, reduce stigma, and help individuals lead self-determined lives. "I had left with my life but not much else. I felt empty and like a shell of my former self. Because I did not understand coercion, I kept ending up with abusive people. I had never learned to have healthy boundaries. I felt alone, helpless with addiction and suicidal thoughts. I kept thinking I'm all alone in this experience." — Mark, survivor of an extremist group Campaign doc: https://www.stronger-after.org/_files/ugd/edf774_62f68348cc8c48d7a12a6d5d111... [I thought I would have more to put in this third email but wasn’t quite sure what to place in. I might be seeing an old cache of the site as the course schedule is six months out of date, leaving the appearance of nothing upcoming.]