New Ways for Families® Online: Coaching Manual

This book is also available in an online version through our partner, High Conflict Training.

***To be used with New Ways for Families® Online Course

WHO IT IS FOR: The New Ways for Families® Online Coaching Manual is to be used by coaches who have been trained and licensed by the High Conflict Institute in this method.

New Ways for Families® is a relatively new method of teaching parents simple skills to manage conflicts, negotiate decisions, promote respectful communication, encourage themselves in times of stress and co-parent more effectively. This method has been designed to be simple and repetitive, so that almost all parents can learn these skills and apply them in their lives when dealing with each other, with their children and with anyone.

This approach started as a counseling method, which has been tried in several family court systems in the United States and Canada. It was later adapted to Collaborative Divorce coaching, pre-mediation coaching, a decision-skills class and eventually into an online class. This online class has significantly expanded the number of parents who are learning these skills from hundreds to thousands. However, many parents want and need a more personal approach in combination with the online course. Coaching with the online course may be the best combination.

This method takes a lot of patience for the coach and a lot of encouragement for the parents. However, it is based on principles that have worked in teaching skills to a wide range of people, including those with serious behavior problems.

It is designed for all parents, but especially to include those who are high-conflict or are dealing with a high-conflict co-parent, when other methods often don’t work. This very basic approach seems to reach all parents.

Book Details

Publisher: Unhooked Books
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 76
Binding: Spiral
Size: 8.5″ x 11″
ISBN: 978-1950057054
Author: Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.

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 millions of views.