Archive - Decoding Coercive Control with Dr Emma Katz

Coercively Controlling Fathers: What Scientific Research Tells Us

Perpetration of child abuse, post-separation abuse, and impacts on children and mothers

Jun 12 •

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 •

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 •

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 •

"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 •

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 •

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 •

January 2025

How Abusive Men Use Coercive Control to Attack Mother–Child Relationships

Attacking the mother-child relationship has EVERYTHING to do with domestic violence

Jan 27 •

December 2024

"She's Not Innocent Either." Actually, Yes She Is Innocent.

Why we need to develop a better understanding of domestic violence and coercive control victims-survivors who fight back against their abusers

Dec 30, 2024 •

Can Anything Persuade Abusive Men to Give Up Coercive Control?

The reality everyone needs to know about abusive men and promises to change

Dec 1, 2024 •

November 2024

Do Abusers Intend to Be Abusive? A Reader Wonders to What Extent Abusers Understand Their Own Behavior and Motives

A Feminist Advice Friday collaboration with Liberating Motherhood

Nov 8, 2024 •

October 2024

Abusive Men and Sex: Coercive Control and Intimate Partner Sexual Coercion

Why coercive control makes a consensual sex life impossible

Oct 19, 2024 •

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