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High Conflict People in Legal Disputes - by Bill Eddy (Paperback)

High Conflict People in Legal Disputes - by  Bill Eddy (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Make sense of the fears that drive people to <b>file lawsuits, complaints and wreak havoc</b> for legal professionals and everyone.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>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 ______?</p><p>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.</p><p>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: </p><p>BorderlineNarcissistic Histrionic ParanoidAntisocial</p><p><b>Bill Eddy </b>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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Bill Eddy is a lawyer, therapist, mediator and the President of High Conflict Institute. He developed the High Conflict Personality theory (HCP Theory) and has become an international expert on managing disputes involving high conflict personalities and personality disorders. He provides training on this subject to legal, business, law enforcement, mental health, and other professionals. He has been a speaker and trainer in the U.S., Canada, France, Switzerland, and Sweden. <p/>As an attorney, Bill is a Certified Family Law Specialist in California and the Senior Family Mediator at the National Conflict Resolution Center in San Diego. Prior to becoming an attorney in 1992, he was a Licensed Clinical Social worker with twelve years' experience providing therapy to children, adults, couples and families in psychiatric hospitals and outpatient clinics. He has taught Negotiation and Mediation at the University of San Diego School of Law for six years and he 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. He is a frequent lecturer at Monash University in Australia.

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