What are the 4 Fuhgedaboudits When Interacting with Someone with a High Conflict Personality?
October 20, 2022
In this episode, Megan and Bill will explain what the 4 Fuhgedaboudits are and why they’re so important.
Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. is the co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer. While pioneering High Conflict Personality Theory (HCP), he was the National Conflict Resolution Center’s Senior Family Mediator for 15 years, a Certified Family Law Specialist for 15 years, and a licensed clinical social worker therapist for over 12 years. Bill serves on the faculty of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law and is a Conjoint Associate Professor with the University of Newcastle Law School in Australia. He has been a speaker and trainer in over 35 U.S. states and 13 countries. He is the author or co-author of over 20 books, manuals, and workbooks, he also has a popular blog on the Psychology Today website with over 6 million views, and he hosts It's All Your Fault on TruStory FM.
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In this episode, Megan and Bill will explain what the 4 Fuhgedaboudits are and why they’re so important.
Megan talks with Bill about how he arrived at the high conflict personality theory and how he developed it from there.
In this episode, Bill and Megan discuss the options that each individual can explore when encountering these types of interactions and relationships.
High conflict divorce and separation in the family courts consumes the majority of the court’s time and resources and provides the most frustration and confusion. Alienation is one of the most challenging and terrifying events in a parent’s life and damag
High conflict divorce and separation in the family courts consumes the majority of the court’s time and resources and provides the most frustration and confusion. Alienation is one of the most challenging and terrifying events in a parent’s life and damaging to children. Bill Eddy and Megan Hunter talk with parental alienation expert Dr. Amy J.L. Baker about this important topic in the inaugural episode of their High Conflict Divorce Series.
“Parental alienation is the term used to describe the overall problem of children being encouraged by one parent – the favored parent – to unjustly reject the other parent, the targeted parent.”
—Amy J.L. Baker, Ph.D
Bill and Megan discuss what’s considered a mental illness or disorder, how personality disorders differ, if they’re a form of mental illness, links between personality disorders and prominent cases, how courts regard them, and more.
Bill and Megan talk about how narcissistic high conflict people are the Great Dividers. They look at how and where this manifests, why we don’t see it coming, how to address it, and more.
Have you wondered if you are high conflict? If you have, you’re not alone. In this episode, Bill and Megan talk about identifying patterns that might mean you’re high conflict and what you should do about it.
Bill and Megan talk about whether HCPs know they’re high conflict, whether they can change, and if so, what does it take to help them do so?
Megan and Bill return for another Q&A discussion, this time focusing on two questions about paranoid personality and high conflict behaviors.