High Conflict People in Legal Disputes (2nd Edition)
Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.
Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.
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