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

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.

Learning Objectives:

· Understand attachment pathways as antecedents for Interpersonal Violence for both victims and perpetrators

· Clarify different contributions attachment styles might make

· Grasp personality risk pathways at play in both Intimate Partner Violence and Coercive Control

· Understand how an attachment-informed approach might assist individual interventions with victim

Venue: Online. Includes access to recording for 30 days.

Date: Wednesday, 8th October, 2025

Time:  6.30 p.m to 8.30 p.m (Sydney/Melbourne Time)

Cost: 79.99

CPD Certificate: 2 Hours. CPD certificates are issued to attendees who meet one of the following criteria: attend the live webinar with at least 80% attendance, or watch the webinar recording and complete the associated assessment component.

About Dr Kevin Keith: Kevin is a counsellor, psychotherapist, supervisor and academic. He has been a therapist for nearly 15 years. He completed his PhD in 2017 at the University of Sydney focusing on theoretical questions around the status of post-infancy preschool developments within Attachment Theory. His academic interests also include emotions research, philosophy of science and the empirical status of longer-term psychotherapy. He also provides professional development to colleagues across several professions. He has been working in the field of mental health since 2005, including 10 years work in the community health sector. Kevin has been teaching counselling In Sydney since 2007.

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