Megan Hunter, MBA, is the co-founder and CEO of the High Conflict Institute. She developed the concept of the Institute after 13 years in policy, legislation, and judicial training with the Arizona Supreme Court and five years with the Dawes County Attorney’s Office in Nebraska. She is founder and publisher of Unhooked Books, a U.S.-based media company. She has served as President of the Arizona Chapter of the Association of Family & Conciliation Courts, the Arizona Family Support Council and Nebraska Child Support Enforcement Association. She served five years on the Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiner, and currently serves on the board of Stepfamily Magazine.
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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 helping them navigate their divorce in mediation. In my experience, high conflict personalities do NOT do well in this kind of mediation. It’s as if they “need” the authority of…
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 form of Narcissistic High Conflict Personality. I was wondering if you could point me in a useful direction regarding how to help my toddler through this really terrible custody battle…
Alex Murdaugh conned a lot of people in his rural community, in his professional circles, and even within his family. He gained the confidence of those around him with his lies, charm, influence, and financial status. Sadly, many were impacted, including the most vulnerable – his clients. In this episode, Megan and Bill discuss how…
The Alex Murdaugh murder case has captivated people in the U.S. and around the globe. Technology allowed us to see with our own eyes and hear with our own ears the actions and voice of a man with a family and legal dynasty before and during his double murder trial for killing his wife, Maggie,…