High Conflict People in Legal Disputes (2nd Edition)
Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.
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Description
People blame others more now than ever, and we are becoming more of a litigious society than ever.
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 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:
Borderline
Narcissistic
Histrionic
Paranoid
Antisocial
What's New in This Edition
Updates from the 2013 release of the revised DSM-5
New chapter on Paranoid Personality Disorder
New chapter on Presenting Your Case
Research on the prevalence of personality disorders
New case examples
The Author
Bill Eddy is a lawyer, therapist, mediator, and President of the High Conflict Institute. He developed the "High Conflict Personality" theory and is an international expert on the subject. He is a Certified Family Law Specialist and Senior Family Mediator at the National Conflict Resolution Center. He has taught at the University of San Diego School of Law, is on the part-time faculty of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law and the National Judicial College, and lectures at Monash University in Australia.
Book Details
Binding: paperback
Publisher: Unhooked Books
Publication date: September 13, 2016
Pages: 277
ISBN (print): 978-1-936268-15-3
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-936268-75-7
Praise for High Conflict People in Legal Disputes, 2nd Edition
“Bill Eddy’s gift is analyzing difficult problems and providing a road map of clear comprehensive solutions. In this second edition of High Conflict People in Legal Disputes he shares even more of his outstanding analysis, including new research, new cases, and new diagnostic formulations based on the DSM-5. Through the legal case examples we have a deeper understanding of how high conflict personalities can drive, disrupt and derail a case. Judges, mediators, attorneys and mental health professionals will find the twenty skills incredibly useful whether this is a first introduction to this book or an update. I highly recommend it to anyone involved in family law.”
Director, Center of Excellence for Children, Families and the Law William James College
“High Conflict People in Legal Disputes is very helpful, useful and popular resource for law students and practicing lawyers, mediators, judges and other dispute resolvers in Australia. I thoroughly recommend it.”
Dean, University of Newcastle, AustraliaTania Sourdin, Alternative Dispute Resolution, (2016) 5th Ed, Thomson Reuters
“I am a family lawyer (and family mediator) working in Montreal, Canada. Your book High Conflict People in Legal Dispute has been instrumental in the resolution of very difficult cases and in assisting their families avoid painful trials. I understand my clients better and using the suggested cues offered in the book is like being given a key to help them. I will certainly be looking into purchasing your videos and other books and would highly recommend these tools for all practicing family lawyers. ”
Avocate / Attorney
“This book and Bill Eddy’s class have literally changed my ADR work and life. As a journalism mediator in Korea, I had focused on the legal system and culture for promoting and practicing dispute resolution. Now I emphasize on the personality sector and make full use of its analysis and responses written in this book. If you apply legal knowledge only to disputes, this book will give you a lot of strength and confidence when you deal with difficult people.”
Mediator and Branch Manager, Press Arbitration Commission, Korea