Hannah Jones

Hannah Jones is a Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology & Mental Health at Queen Mary University of London, affiliated with the Unit for Psychological Medicine in the Centre for Psychiatry & Mental Health. She serves as Programme Director for the BPS-accredited MSc in Forensic Psychology & Mental Health. Her roles include clinical practice, research, and expert witness work in Family Courts.

Education: Completed her Doctorate in Forensic Psychology at the University of Birmingham, focusing on childhood experiences, personality, and parenting behavior.

Research Interests: Parents in Family Courts, coercive control, personality pathology, childhood maltreatment and offending behavior, trauma-informed approaches, and domestic abuse-informed assessment. She employs therapeutic methods such as Schema Therapy and Mentalisation-Based Treatment.

Professional Roles: Stage 2 Assessor for the British Psychological Society’s Qualification in Forensic Psychology. Maintains close links with the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway and works as an Expert Witness in Family Courts.

Awards: Chartered Forensic Psychologist (CPsychol) and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS).

Advising: Supervises PhD student Kolbrun Kristinsdottir (research on extreme overvalued beliefs in lone actor violence) and post-doctoral fellow Dr. Georgina Mathlin (open prison services for males with personality disorder).

Affiliations: Wolfson Institute of Population Health and NIHR School for Primary Care Research.