Attachment Pathways to Adult Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): Antecedents and predispositions for victims and perpetrators

About this webinar

Domestic/family violence is often complex: the intersection of multiple lives, histories and contexts. But it is also damaging, indeed lethal in cases! When it comes to prevention and intervention, heterogeneity such as, multiple individual personality and risk factors, lifespan considerations, social cultural and contextual influences’ presents formidable challenges. Studies have shown that key attachment dynamics and other developmental antecedents are helpful for understanding typical profiles for both victims and perpetrators. One of three webinars on attachment and Intimate partner violence, it seeks to identify attachment and other antecedents that make up individual pathways to adult intimate and interpersonal violence. The webinar will look at predisposing developmental pathways, attachment styles, history of abuse and personality struggles for both victims as well as perpetrators. Where available 2025 research on stats on prevalence, prevention, and interventions will be included. The webinar concludes with a brief survey of the therapeutic recommendations for working with victims and perpetrators, as well as a general Q&A.