Advancing an evidence-based approach to policy and professional practice so institutions can better understand and respond to coercive control.
Through research and policy analysis, speaking, professional training, and organizational consulting, I work to strengthen institutional responses while helping individuals better understand and navigate the systems that affect their lives.
“Engaging with Crystal’s work brought a level of clarity I had not experienced before. She brings clarity to something that is incredibly difficult to make sense of.”
-Survivor
Meet Crystal
Hi, I'm Crystal L. Fedeli.
I'm a social researcher and policy analyst, as well as an award-winning nonprofit founder and executive director, dedicated to advancing an evidence-based approach to policy and professional practice so institutions can better understand and respond to coercive control.
I partner with organizations to strengthen institutional responses through research and policy analysis, speaking, professional training, and organizational consulting.
I also help individuals better understand and navigate the systems that affect their lives.
I am also the Founder and Executive Director of You Made a Way, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to supporting women leaving coercive control when it turns financial.
Work with Crystal
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Crystal Fedeli
PODCAST
Bridging Research, Policy, Practice, and Lived Experience
Listen to conversations with researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and survivors exploring coercive control, institutional responses, and it's impact on survivors when policy and professional practice are not evidence-based.
2026 Nonprofit of the Year
Award Recipient
In 2026, I was honored to receive the Nonprofit of the Year Award from Mayor Aneka Miller, Mayor of Bordentown, New Jersey, at her 2026 Mayoral Ball in recognition of identifying and addressing a critical gap in support by founding and leading You Made a Way, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to supporting women when coercive control turns financial.
*Crystal and her children are pictured following the presentation of the 2026 Nonprofit of the Year Award.
“I felt like I was losing my sense of reality, but after engaging with Crystal’s work, everything began to make sense. I began to see that I’m not alone, that there is an explanation for what I experienced, and that there is a way through, and Crystal helped me find it.”
-Survivor
