New Ways for Families®: Professional Guidebook
For Judicial Officers, Lawyers, and Therapists
Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.
Available as a downloadable e-book through our secure partner, BookBaby.
Available in an online version through our partner, High Conflict Training.
Description
The New Ways for Families® Professional Guidebook is for mental health professionals (counselors) who want to learn more about New Ways for Families or use the method with their clients. Also helpful for judges, lawyers, mediators and collaborative divorce professionals. It is designed to be used with the New Ways for Families® Basic 6-hour Training, available on DVD, and either the Parent Workbook, Collaborative Parent Workbook, Decision Skills Class Workbook/Manual, or the Pre-Mediation Coaching Workbook.
By learning small skills in small steps, parents will learn to better communicate, manage their emotions, and make decisions that are in the best interest of their child. New Ways for Families is currently available in five models:
1. Court-Based Counseling
2. Collaborative Divorce
3. Decision Skills Class
4. Pre-Mediation Coaching
5. Online 12-hour class (can be used for parent education or high-conflict intervention)
Book Details
Publisher: High Conflict Institute Press
Publication Date: (2nd edition, 2013)
Pages: 158
Binding: Paperback
ISBN (print): 978-1936268047
ISBN (ebook): 978-1936268603
Author: Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.
The Author
Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. is the co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of the High Conflict Institute in San Diego, California. He pioneered the High Conflict Personality Theory (HCP) and has become an expert on managing disputes involving people with high conflict personalities. He was the Senior Family Mediator at the National Conflict Resolution Center for 15 years, a Certified Family Law Specialist lawyer representing clients in family court for 15 years, and a licensed clinical social worker therapist with twelve years’ experience.
He serves on the faculty of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law inCalifornia and is a Conjoint Associate Professor with the University of Newcastle Law School in Australia. He has been a speaker and trainer in over 30 U.S. states and 10 countries.
He is the author or co-author of twenty books and has a popular blog on the Psychology Today website with over 4.0 million views.
CoParenting Course Online
Developed by Bill Eddy, High Conflict Institute
saves the court time and resources
reduces court appearances
protects children as the family reorganizes
GOALS
immunize families from becoming high conflict
reduce existing conflict in cases already identified as "high conflict"
increase child's well-being
encourage settlement instead of litigation
effective client engagement & client management
