Speaker Bio

Dr. Kenneth Corvo
Dr. Corvo is an Associate Professor at the Syracuse University School of Social Work. He has conducted research and written extensively in the area of domestic violence and has brought an attachment theory perspective to those intervention strategies being used to treat domestic violence perpetrators.

Over the last decade, attachment theory has emerged as one of the leading frameworks for the study of close relationships, personality processes, and emotional dynamics. The implications of attachment theory are extraordinary and extend to the deepest corners of our psyche. Attachment impacts the way we process information, how we see the world, and the nature of our social experience. Research now shows that we carry attachment styles with us into life, where they serve as predispositions to later behavior in love relationships.

The theory has gained in popularity largely because it addresses a wide range of issues of interest to psychologists, including the evolution and development of intimate relationships; the defensive regulation of thought, feeling, and action; the role of mental representations in interpersonal behavior; and the processes promoting mental health.

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