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  1. May 2, 2025 · 7 min read

    AI and the BIFF Response®: Who Writes Your Emails?

    AI and the BIFF Response® Who Should Write Your Emails, Texts, and Letters? © 2025 by Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. As the Director of Innovation for the High Conflict…

  2. Mar 4, 2025 · 25 min read

    Personality Disorder Discrimination by Mediators: A Rebuttal

    Rebuttal to the Article: “ENDING THE EPIDEMIC OF ACCIDENTALPERSONALITY DISORDER DISCRIMINATION BY WELL-MEANING MEDIATORS”[1] © 2025 by Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.[2]…

  3. Jan 2, 2025 · 9 min read

    Negative Advocates: How They (We) Become Emotionally Hooked

    Negative Advocates: How They (We) Become Emotionally Hooked © 2025 by Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. High conflict disputes usually involve one or more people with a…

  4. Aug 3, 2024

    New Ways for Work®Leaders Course Delivers Immediate Impact

    New Ways For Work® - Leaders Course Delivers Immediate Impact © 2024 by Cherolyn Knapp, B.Comm, LLB.B, Q.Med I had the pleasure of piloting HCI’s brand new…

  5. Aug 2, 2024 · 11 min read

    How to Build a Team: 7 Relationship Skills for Managers

    How to Build a Team 7 Relationship Skills for Managers and Other Leaders © 2024 by Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. In today's world, building and strengthening a team in…

  6. Jun 28, 2023

    BIFF Response® at Work: Responding to Hostile Mail

    BIFF Response® at Work:Responding to Hostile Mail ©2023 Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. Hostile mail – especially email, texts and other electronic communications – has…

  7. Jul 17, 2019

    Writing BIFF Responses to High Conflict People When You Don’t Feel Like It

    ©2019 Megan Hunter, MBAReceiving an email, text or letter can put a dent in your day when it contains a zinger. It can get right under your skin and ruin your…

  8. Jan 19, 2017

    How to Reply to Angry Texts & Emails – 5 BIFF Response® Examples

    ©2017 Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.Dealing with High Conflict People and their irate communications can leave you at a loss for words. The BIFF Response® Method helps…

  9. Sep 5, 2016

    3 Do’s and Don’ts to Manage High-Conflict People at Work

    ©2016 Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. & L. Georgi DiStefano, LCSW Dealing with high conflict people (HCPs) in the workplace presents a variety of challenges. The good…

  10. Aug 6, 2014

    Quick Tips for Controlling Communications with a Hostile Ex

    © 2914 By Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.Divorce, separation or ending any relationship is tough. It just plain hurts and it can be hard to eat, sleep, work or focus. If…

  11. Jan 19, 2012

    BIFFs for Business and Professions

    © 2012 By Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.Excerpted from BIFF: Quick Responses to High Conflict People, Their Personal Attacks, Hostile Email and Social Media Meltdowns…

  12. Jun 22, 2007

    How To Write A BIFF Response®

    Use the BIFF method — Brief, Informative, Friendly, Firm — to write calm responses to hostile emails and texts. Step-by-step examples from Bill Eddy.