High Conflict People in Legal Disputes
by Bill Eddy
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People with high conflict personalities (HCPs) clog our courts as plaintiffs with inappropriate claims against their personal "targets of blame," and as defendants who have harmed others and need to be stopped. Everybody knows someone with a High Conflict Personality. "How can he be so unreasonable?" "Why does she keep fighting? Can't she see how destructive she is?" "Can you believe they're going to court over ______?" Some HCPs are more difficult than others, but they tend to share a show more similar preoccupation with blame that drives them into one dispute after another-and keeps everyone perplexed about how to deal with them. Using case examples and an analysis of the general litigation and negotiation behaviors of HCPs, this book helps make sense of the fears that drive people to file lawsuits and complaints. It provides insight for containing their behavior while managing and/or resolving their disputes. Characteristics of the five "high-conflict" personality disorders are explored: 1. Borderline. 2. Narcissistic. 3. Histrionic. 4. Paranoid. 5. Antisocial. show lessTags
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Essential reading if you are involved with a person who is "high conflict", a bully, stubborn, avoids responsibility and blames, or whose motto is "my way or the highway." This is a classic for lawyers and is effective for people living with or separating from a a "high conflict person."
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Bill Eddy, LCSW, ESQ is a family mediator, lawyer, and therapist in San Diego, California, with a worldwide reputation for training mediators, lawyers, judges and counselors in methods for working with clients with high conflict personality disorders or traits. He is the co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of the High Conflict institute. Bill show more writes a popular blog on the Psychology Today website with 5 million+ views. show less
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