Family
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High-Conflict Co-Parenting Classes: A Practical Guide
Court-ordered or by choice, high-conflict co-parenting classes teach skills to protect your kids. Here's how they work and how to choose the right one.
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How to Communicate With a High-Conflict Ex
Communicating with a high-conflict ex can feel like a trap. Practical rules — including the BIFF method — to keep exchanges calm, brief, and child-focused.
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7 Ways Kids Absorb Parents' Emotions in Divorce
7 Ways Children’s Brains Absorb Their Parents’ Emotions in Divorce(And What You Can Do About It) © 2026 by Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. Divorce is a stressful time…
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Just Launched: A New Way to Support Your Clients in High-Conflict Situations
Just Launched: A New Way to Support Your Clients in High-Conflict Situations Support Your Clients Navigating High Conflict RelationshipsIf you work with…
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Responding to the “Bully’s Story” in Families, at Work, in Court, or Anywhere
Responding to the “Bully’s Story”in Families, at Work, in Court, or Anywhere © 2025 by Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. One of the main differences between child bullies…
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Recognizing True and False Allegations of Abuse
Recognizing True and False Allegations of Abuse © 2025 by Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. High conflict situations—whether in families, at work, in communities, or…
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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…
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Protecting the Elderly in Our New World of Adult Bullies
Protecting the Elderly in Our New World of Adult Bullies © 2024 by Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. In this holiday season, there is much family joy to go around as we…
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Domestic Violence vs. High Conflict Families: Are one or two people driving the conflict?
For years, there has been a tension between the terms “high conflict families” and “domestic violence” in family courts. Since the 1980s, family law professionals (lawyers, judges, mediators, and therapists) have considered most separating and divorcing families to have two fairly equal contributors to the disputes they bring to court.
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BIFF Communications for Estranged Families
Use the BIFF method — Brief, Informative, Friendly, Firm — to write calm responses to hostile messages from estranged family. Examples inside.
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Dealing with Family Hostility at the Holiday Table?
Dealing with Family Hostility at the Holiday Table?©2018 Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.Watch out! Uncle Joe’s coming to the holiday dinner. Oh, no! Sister-in-law Mary…
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Handling High Conflict Situations During the Holidays
©2018 Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.Holidays at any time of year can be a time of fun and visiting with family and friends. But it also can be a combustible mix of…
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Handling Probate Cases with Toxic Families
Handling Probate Cases with Toxic Families©2017 John Edwards & Judy CopelandAll families are psychotic. Everybody has basically the same family, it’s…
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Calming Holiday Conflicts
Calming Holiday Conflicts ©2016 Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.When family and friends gather for this holiday season, it can be a time of joy—and conflict. This year,…
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Kids and Self-Esteem
Kids and Self-Esteem © 2010 By Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. I just got back from a 2-week vacation hiking in Peru. It’s a really beautiful country, but also really…