Terms of Use

1. What After is — and isn’t

After. is educational and reflective content, created and operated by Dr. Erin Falconer, for people recovering after involvement in a high-control group. It is not therapy, counseling, diagnosis, treatment, or medical, psychological, or legal advice, and using it creates no therapist–client, clinical, or professional relationship. Our separate “Work with a person” consulting is psychoeducation provided by Erin Falconer and Associates, LLC, governed by the agreement you make when booking — also not therapy or crisis care.

2. Not an emergency service

After. cannot help in an emergency. If you are in crisis or may be in danger, contact your local emergency number, a crisis line, or a licensed professional. See our Crisis and Directory pages.

3. Use at your own risk

You use After. voluntarily and at your own risk, and you remain responsible for your own wellbeing and decisions. The content may not fit your situation, and recovery is individual — nothing here guarantees any outcome. For anything clinical, rely on a licensed professional.

4. Accounts and who can use After

You must be at least 18 (or the age of majority where you live). After. is not directed to children. Using the exercises requires a free account (email and password). You are responsible for keeping your credentials secure and for activity under your account.

5. Your writing

The exercises save your writing to your private account on our servers so you can return to it. Access is restricted so other users cannot read your entries. You keep all rights to what you write, and you’re responsible for what you choose to write. You can export or permanently delete your writing and your entire account at any time from your Account page. See our Privacy policy for details on how it’s stored, who can and can’t see it, and how we handle it.

6. Acceptable use

Don’t use After. unlawfully; don’t probe, breach, or circumvent the site’s security; don’t disrupt the service; don’t scrape or redistribute the content; don’t misrepresent your identity; and don’t use another person’s account without permission.

7. Educational content and references

After.’s exercises and frameworks are Dr. Falconer’s own work or are presented in our own words, drawing on published literature on undue influence and recovery. Naming a clinician, researcher, model, or organization does not mean they created, reviewed, endorse, or are affiliated with After. Third-party names and models belong to their owners. Services we link to are governed by their own terms.

8. No warranties

After. is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, including that content is accurate for your situation, a substitute for professional care, or that the service will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free.

9. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Erin Falconer and Associates, LLC and those associated with it are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss arising from your use of (or inability to use) After. or reliance on its content. Where liability can’t be excluded, our total liability is limited to USD 100.

10. Changes; ending use

We may update the service or these Terms; material changes will be dated here, and continued use means acceptance. You may stop using After. and delete your account at any time.

11. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules, and any dispute will be handled in the courts located there.

12. Legal scholarship on coercive influence

After. is educational, not legal advice, and nothing here should be read as a legal opinion about any particular group, person, or case. For readers who want the underlying legal scholarship, two sources are especially relevant. Dr. Alan W. Scheflin (Santa Clara University School of Law) developed the modern legal framing of undue influence, hypnosis, and coercive persuasion — see The Mind Manipulators (Scheflin & Opton, 1978) and Trance on Trial (Scheflin & Shapiro, 1989), together with his later writing on the “dark side” of hypnosis and involuntary control. Dr. Frances E. Chapman, a Canadian lawyer and law professor (Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, Lakehead University), has published extensively on brainwashing, coercive control, and criminal responsibility — including her book Coercive Control: Recognising Violence Without Violence and law-review articles arguing that coerced actors deserve a distinct criminal defence that recognizes the reality of thought reform. Her work is a leading contemporary treatment of brainwashing in Canadian and comparative criminal law.

These are citations, not endorsements. Neither scholar is affiliated with After.

13. Contact

Questions? Email drerinfalconer@pm.me.