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 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.
More listener questions! In today’s episode, we answer questions about dealing with HCPs that are in HR, struggling to get genuine instead of feigned empathy, and dealing with children who have HCP traits.
More listener questions! In this episode, Megan and Bill answer your questions on high-conflict topics that matter to you, including dealing with HCPs who call the state authorities on you, minimizing contact with HCPs, and some traits of HCPs.
In this episode, Bill and Megan continue answering listener questions: “I am a family mediator. My practice focuses on keeping people out of court and
In this episode Megan and Bill answer listener questions: “I’m going through a high conflict custody case with someone who it would appear has some
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