Steve Lanza is a community justice and human development professional with over 27 years of experience in human development, psychotherapy/counseling, and domestic violence interventions. He is on the faculty of the University of Connecticut at Stamford, Department of Human Development & Family Sciences, and Norwalk Community College, Criminal Justice Program.  He was a Visiting Lecturer in the Human Rights Program at Trinity College, in Hartford, Connecticut.

He is a licensed marital and family therapist, clinical supervisor, Connecticut State-approved provider of domestic violence intervention services, and a trainer divorce mediator. For 16 years he served as the Executive Director of a leading community justice agency.

He has served on Connecticut’s Batterer Intervention Programming and Standards Subcommittee where he helped develop best-practices state standards for DV offender intervention; and on the Connecticut Sentencing Commission, Recidivism Reduction Committee where he assisted with the investigation and development of policy and statutory recommendations.  He currently serves on Connecticut’s Domestic Violence Offender Program Standards Advisory Council and as a Special Master for the Superior Court’s Regional Family Trial Docket.

Among his publications, a recent co-authored paper received the 2014 American Journal of Public Health Paper of the Year Award.  Other publications include a co-authored chapter in the landmark publication “What Causes Men’s Violence Against Women” edited by Michele Harway and James O’Neil; research reports on the effectiveness of domestic violence interventions and interagency collaboration; and editing the Family Violence Education Program Curriculum for the State of Connecticut.

His consulting practice, Justice Consultants, LLC focuses on effective and restorative policies and practices in criminal justice.

His private practice focuses on distressed relationships, parenting, co-parenting/parenting apart, challenges around divorce, men and masculinity, life-cycle/developmental transitions, and healthy fulfilling relationships.