Conversations About Domestic Violence in Family Law with 16 Experts
Sixteen leading experts on domestic violence and intimate partner violence, interviewed across six 1-hour sessions by Bill Eddy, Hon. Karen Adam (ret.), and Annette Burns, JD. Concrete guidance on screening, assessing danger, the court system's blind spots, children's issues, and working toward safe resolutions for families.
Your instructor
Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.
Lead Interviewer · Co-founder, High Conflict Institute
500,000+
professionals trained worldwide
DV is the issue family law professionals can least afford to get wrong.
For decades, domestic violence and intimate partner violence have been among the most challenging issues in family law, and professionals are being called to deal with them more than ever. Screening that misses coercive control, mediation that proceeds unsafely, court processes that retraumatize: the stakes are safety itself. This series gives you the big picture from sixteen experts so your judgment is grounded in the field's best thinking.
Outcomes you'll bring back from DV Conversations with 16 Experts.
- Understand the dynamics of domestic violence and intimate partner violence.
- Screen and assess for DV/IPV, including the level of danger.
- Navigate the challenges of current family court systems.
- Weigh mediation concerns where domestic violence is present.
- Understand children's issues in DV cases.
- Learn what offender treatment can and cannot change.
- Recognize and manage vicarious trauma in yourself and your team.
- Work toward safe, healthy resolutions for families.
Who DV Conversations with 16 Experts is built for.
Family Lawyers
Screening, danger assessment, and strategy grounded in expert consensus.
Judges
The system-level challenges and blind spots, named by the people who study them.
Custody Evaluators
Assessment frameworks from the field's leading researchers.
Mediators
When mediation is appropriate, and the concerns to design around.
Therapists
Children's issues, offender treatment, and vicarious trauma.
Victim's Advocates
The full professional landscape your clients have to navigate.
How DV Conversations with 16 Experts is delivered.
Six on-demand video sessions of about one hour each, plus articles and resources. Watch in order or jump to the sessions closest to your practice.
- Six 1-hour video sessions — Understanding DV/IPV, screening and assessment, court-system challenges, mediation concerns, children's issues, and offender treatment.
- Articles & resources — Supporting materials from the interviewers and experts.
- Certificate of Completion — 6 hours documented.
Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.
Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. is the co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of the High Conflict Institute. He pioneered the High Conflict Personality Theory (HCP) and is an international expert on managing disputes involving people with high-conflict personalities. He is the author or co-author of more than 25 books, manuals, and workbooks, co-host of the podcast It's All Your Fault!, and writes a Psychology Today blog with millions of views.
Before co-founding HCI, Bill was the Senior Family Mediator at the National Conflict Resolution Center for 15 years, a Certified Family Law Specialist lawyer representing clients in family court for 15 years, and a licensed clinical social worker therapist with twelve years of experience. He has served on the faculty of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law, taught as a Conjoint Associate Professor with the University of Newcastle Law School in Australia, and trained professionals in over 35 U.S. states and 13 countries.
For this series, Bill is joined by co-interviewers Hon. Karen Adam (ret.) and Annette Burns, JD, drawing out practical guidance from sixteen leading DV/IPV researchers, judges, and practitioners.
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