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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While apologies resolve many disputes between reasonable people, they are a much different matter with HCPs. However, don’t be surprised that high conflict people frequently will demand an apology. Bill and Megan discuss this apology quicksand – how we get there, how to avoid it, and what to do if someone’s demanding an apology from you.
You know the type – the persistent complainer who insists that everyone follow HOA regulations to the letter of the law, reporting everything to management and fully expecting them to be punished. Bill and Megan discuss whether this personality type may be high conflict or have Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder, and what to do about it.
While we wait to hear what the court decides regarding new charges of child abuse against the father, we return to the episode about the parental custody case of Ty and Brynlee Larson in which Megan and Bill discuss its ins and outs.
While on hiatus, we’re re-releasing some of our past episodes. This week, we’re finishing to our 2-part conversation with Dr. Amy J.L. Baker about high conflict divorce.
While on hiatus, we’re re-releasing some of our past episodes. To start, we’re returning to our 2-part conversation with Dr. Amy J.L. Baker about high conflict divorce.
Bill and Megan are off to Scotland to talk about their New Ways for Families Program. Scotland will be the first country that implements the High Conflict Institute’s program countrywide, which is very exciting. In this abbreviated episode, Bill walks through the program’s approach and its methods.
In some high conflict cases, we may have reached the end of our rope and resort to what we see as our only option: threatening to expose the high conflict person’s bad behavior to others. Will this work or will it backfire? In today’s episode, Megan and Bill discuss this delicate and challenging topic.
Megan and Bill talk about what it means to ‘win’ in high conflict. Do you need to reach an expected outcome to have success? What if you’re tempted to keep going? When do you know if you’ve won? And how do you choose your battles?
Bill and Megan discuss the difficult topic of narcissists who endanger America’s national security, impacting countries globally. Why are these narcissists hard to spot? How can you know in advance? Tune in!!
In today’s episode, Megan details the parental custody case of Ty and Brynlee Larson. Who is lying? Who is telling the truth? It’s certainly a case full of high-conflict drama. Bill then analyzes the case using a structured approach to understanding what’s going on, or at least make a best attempt at figuring it out.