Decoding Coercive Control with Dr Emma Katz

Coercive Control: Myths vs Truths

8 things we get wrong, and the truths that everyone should know about this devastating form of domestic abuse

Nov 8 • 

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October 2025

How Mothers and Children Resist Coercive Control

The everyday horrors, and the everyday ways that mothers and children fight back

Oct 4 • 

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September 2025

Dr Emma Katz's At-A-Glance Guide to Coercive Control

Here are my expert definitions and explanations, with quick, accessible answers to all the main questions about coercive control

Sep 19 • 

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August 2025

Talking To Children About A Father's Coercive Control

The dilemma of telling children what happened and that Dad is a perpetrator

Aug 17 • 

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How Sexism, Ageism, Childism and More are Used by Coercive Control Perpetrators Against Victims-Survivors

Discrimination is the secret weapon in coercive controllers' arsenals

Aug 10 • 

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July 2025

"It Crushed Me Inside": How Abusive Men Attack Your Sense of Who You Are

Why coercive control victims'-survivors' identities are undermined - and how they can recover

Jul 9 • 

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May 2025

Here's Why A Victim-Survivor Would Send Loving Texts To Their Abuser

I went on NewsNation Live to help make sense of Cassie Ventura’s brave witness testimony at the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs

May 18 • 

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She Didn't "Pick Wrong". Society Failed By Creating Millions of Abusive Men.

The scale of the risk means we need to stop blaming women for "ignoring red flags" when men turn out to be controlling and abusive partners

May 12 • 

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April 2025

All Domestically Abusive Men's Coercive Control Tactics Harm Children Too

Fathers who coercively control a child's mother are destructive parents

Apr 26 • 

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"But She Seemed So Happy!" Coercive Control and the Dangerous Image of the Perfect Couple

9 reasons why victims-survivors might look joyful when they're not

Apr 6 • 

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March 2025

How Domestically Abusive Men Continue to Harm Mother–Child Relationships Post-Separation

The tactics used by perpetrating fathers to stop mothers and their children from rebuilding their bonds with each other

Mar 15 • 

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February 2025

Coercive Control, Family Court and Systemic and Family Therapy: A Match Made in Hell

Why some therapies cause harm in contexts of domestic violence and abuse

Feb 23 • 

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