Mediation
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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]…
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The Dangerous Bias in Fabulous Reports
The Dangerous Bias in Fabulous Reports © 2024 Jenni McBride McNamara, LMFT, PC Intro from Bill Eddy This month we have a great article about how to write…
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"Fast Facts" for Professionals: 3 Ways an EAR Statement Can Calm Clients
“Fast Facts” for Professionals:3 Ways an EAR Statement™ Can Calm Clients©2021 Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.Professionals and businesses are facing more and more…
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Tips for Family Law Professionals
Tips for Family Law Professionals©2021 Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. & Susie Rayner, GradDip FDRPNew Ways Manager, Susie Rayner, and HCI Co-founder, Bill Eddy, LCSW,…
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Mediating High Conflict Workplace Disputes
Mediating High Conflict Workplace Disputes©2019 Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.Many workplace disputes get resolved rather easily by those involved or by simple…
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The 4 "Fuhgeddaboudits" in High Conflict Mediation
©2019 Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.Mediation with one or more parties with a high conflict personality requires a significantly different approach from the standard…
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Tips on Offering Mediation to a High Conflict Employee
©2017 Michael Lomax, JDImagine you are a manager, and you have a supervisor who reports to you who is dealing with an employee with high conflict traits. There…
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10 Paradigm Shifts of High Conflict Mediation
©2017 Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. I’ve been doing mediation for over thirty years, primarily in family cases, but also some in business, personal injury, neighbor…
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Should Workplace Conflicts use Mediation?
©2017 Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. and L. Georgi DiStefano, LCSWMediators are being increasingly asked to help resolve workplace conflicts in a peaceful,…
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The Mediator’s Role in Decision Making
©2017 John C Edwards, Esq. In a previous article, I wrote about the importance of leaving the critical decision making up to the parties to a mediation,…
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Why They Don’t Get It?
Why Don't They Get It?© 2015 By L. Georgi DiStefano, LCSW and Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.It’s so aggravating! No matter what you say or do, that certain employee is…
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Should Mediation and Counseling Replace Today’s Family Court? (Part 3)
© 2014 by Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq In Part I of this article (July, High Conflict Institute/Unhooked Books Report), I addressed the changing clientele of today’s…
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Don’t Ask “Why?” Ask “What’s Your Proposal?”
<p>Today’s culture is riddled with disrespectful challenges that are totally unnecessary. Rather than becoming more informed by discussions of current events or other issues, people often end up with personal criticisms, defensiveness, anger and frustration.</p>
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Should Mediators Make Proposals?
© 2014 By Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. When working with high-conflict cases in mediation – or any mediation – it’s not unusual for the parties to turn to the…
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When Storytelling Hurts Conflict Resolution
© 2013 by Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. One of the most common aspects of dispute resolution methods is hearing each party’s story of the case at the start of the…
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Mediating High Conflict Disputes
© 2013 By Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.When I was in Australia a couple weeks ago, one of my seminars focused on a new approach to mediating high conflict disputes –…
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Interview with a Retired-Judge Mediator
© 2013 By Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. On March 20, 2013, I sat down with Judge Susan Finlay (retired), who became a divorce mediator with the National Conflict…
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Skills Before Decisions: Can Difficult Clients Learn Decision-Making Skills?
© 2013 By Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.This article proposes some solutions to recent concerns raised by family lawyers, counselors, mediators and judges. How do we…
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Making Proposals
© 2013 By Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. Any problem in the past can be turned into a proposal about the future. Proposals don’t have to be complicated. You can just…
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Overcoming the Top 6 Unnecessary Barriers to Settlement
© 2013 By Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. Nowadays, people involved in legal disputes are encouraged to settle their cases out of court. In fact, only about 5% of legal…
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Pre-Mediation Coaching: 4 Skills for Your Mediation Clients
© 2012 By Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. Whether you are a lawyer, counselor, manager or other professional, you are likely to be involved in mediation regularly or…
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New Ways For Mediation®: Explaining The Method Step-by-Step
© 2012 By Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.Mediating high-conflict disputes requires a more structured process than that used in most ordinary conflicts. This is…
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Strategic Questions For Dispute Resolvers
© 2012 By Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. Asking questions is one of the most powerful – and often misused – tools for professionals in dispute resolution settings,…
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Elder Mediation – A Growing Field for Family Mediators
© 2011 By Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.Recently, I participated in a panel of speakers in Los Angeles at an Elder Mediation Institute for the Southern California…
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What's Your Goal?
© 2011 By Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.There are usually three goals to consider with HCPs:To manage the relationship, such as when you work with the person, when this…
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Divorce and Mediation in Sweden
© 2011 By Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.I just gave an all-day seminar to approximately 300 family law social workers in Sweden who do divorce mediations and…
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When Math People and Feelings People Negotiate
© 2010 By Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. As a mediator and as an attorney, I’ve noticed that some cases get stuck because one party is a “math person” and the other…
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Mediation for Bullies?
© 2010 By Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. There is increasing discussion these days of whether or not mediation can be useful in cases of workplace bullying. On the one…
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New Ways for Mediation℠
© 2009 Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. Mediating high-conflict disputes requires a more structured process than that used in most ordinary conflicts. This is especially…
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High Conflict Mediation: 4 Tips For Mediators
© 2009 By Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.High conflict people (HCPs) are highly defensive, preoccupied with blaming others, and desperate to receive validation for…