Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
My research explores the psychological impact of domestic abuse, with a particular focus on coercive control. I am interested in how coercive control shapes parenting experiences, affects children and sibling relationships, and continues to influence families through post-separation abuse. A further strand of my research examines how mental health professionals understand, identify, and respond to coercive control, including the development of competence frameworks and training resources.
My earlier work focused on cognitive and behavioural processes in psychosis, anxiety, and perinatal mental health, including the role of responsibility beliefs in psychotic symptoms and the impact of postpartum psychosis on the mother–infant relationship. This grounding in psychological processes continues to inform my current approach to understanding coercive control and its consequences.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy , Royal Holloway, University of London
8 Jan 2009 → 20 Jun 2010
Award Date: 1 Sept 2010
Clinical Psychology, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Cognitive processes in acute psychotic states: the role of hightened sense of responsibility and catastrophic misinterpretations, Royal Holloway, University of London
26 Sept 2004 → 21 Sept 2007
Award Date: 1 Nov 2007
Psychology, Licenciada en Psychologia, Preventative programmes to reduce aggression and violence in primary schools, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
1 Sept 1995 → 1 Sept 2000
Award Date: 11 Sept 2000
External positions
External Examiner, University of Southampton
20 May 2018 → …
Senior Clinical Psychologist, White Hart Clinic
1 Nov 2017 → …
Keywords
- psychology
- clinical
- CBT
- psychosis
- OCD
- anxiety
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Coercive control and mother-child relationships: Exploring mothers’ experiences of talking with their children about the abuse
Kelly, S. & Luzon, O., 31 Mar 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Towards a Cognitive-Behavioural Model of Women Survivors’ Psychological Experiences of Coercive Control: A Grounded Theory approach
Choudhury, A. & Luzon, O., 14 Oct 2025, In: The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist. 18, e53.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Women’s Experiences of Coercive Control in Intimate Partner Relationships: a Qualitative Systematic Review
Choudhury, A., Martland, N. & Luzon, O., 3 Oct 2025, In: Journal of Family Violence.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Examining the role of cognitive fusion and experiential avoidance in predicting anxiety and depression
Cookson, C., Luzon-Canto, O., Newland, J. & Kingston, J., 17 Apr 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice. p. 1-18 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Responsibility beliefs and persecutory delusions
Pugh, K., Luzon, O. & Ellett, L., Jan 2018, In: Psychiatry Research. 259, p. 340-344 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Clinical Psychology Forum (Journal)
Luzon, O. (Editor)
1 Sept 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of research journal
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All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Psychology
Luzon, O. (Participant)
13 Jun 2018Activity: Other › Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Public Lecture/debate/seminar
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SCIENTIFIC INTEREST GROUP ON OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER
Luzon, O. (Invited speaker)
18 May 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in a conference
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Introduction to a new manual for evidence-based CBT supervision
Luzon, O. (Participant)
12 Dec 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Workshop, seminar, course or webinar.