About Crise Conscience
Independent French association, partner of UNADFI. Our mission: provide tools to understand, inform about and prevent coercive control and cult dynamics — focused on behaviour and harm, never beliefs.
Our mission
Promote critical thinking and rational analysis when facing closed belief systems. Study mechanisms of psychological conditioning, social control and ideological manipulation, so they become recognisable.
We address the general public, concerned individuals and their families, as well as researchers, professionals (psychology, law, education, healthcare), journalists and institutions.
Our values
Independent of any religious, political or ideological organisation.
Verifiable sources, academic work, critical methodology. We distinguish fact, opinion and hypothesis.
Dignity, freedom of conscience, individual autonomy. We respect persons even when we disagree with behaviour.
Make complex topics legible — that is the condition for prevention to be useful, not reserved to insiders.
Editorial method openly stated (AI-assisted + human review), sources cited, limits acknowledged.
Editorial method (70 / 30)
Long content (analyses, dossiers, articles) is produced under a ~70 % AI / ~30 % human protocol:
- Draft written with AI assistance, from a validated editorial brief and pre-defined sources.
- Human review systematic: fact-checking, nuance, tone validation, legal context (MIVILUDES, French law), removal of ambiguous wording.
- Explicit mention in legal notice and site-wide footer.
Why? Because transparency on one's own methods is a prerequisite for an association that speaks about influence and coercion. We consider it incoherent to be opaque about how our own content is produced.
FAQ
›Are you against religion?
No. We do not target any belief or religion. We analyse coercive behaviour, ostracism and their psychological, social and legal consequences. The French legal framework — that we follow — qualifies behaviour and harm, never thought.
›What is the link between Crise Conscience and UNADFI?
We are a partner of UNADFI (Union Nationale des Associations de Défense des Familles et de l'Individu victimes de sectes), the leading French federation of associations supporting victims of coercive groups. This partnership gives us a vetted ethical, legal and methodological framework.
›Who writes the content?
Long analyses are drafted with AI assistance (~70 % of the initial draft), then read, fact-checked and enriched by our human editorial team (~30 %). We claim it openly: transparency on method is a coherence requirement for an association that talks about influence and coercion.
›Is this an emergency service?
No. In case of immediate danger, in France: 15 (medical), 17 (police), 18 (firefighters), 112 (EU emergencies), 119 (children at risk), 3114 (suicide prevention), 3919 (violence against women).
Question, testimony or partnership?
Anonymous contact possible.