Handling Family Law Cases Involving Narcissistic High Conflict People
Narcissists charm professionals on a regular basis, including in family law cases. This 2-hour course teaches you to identify, understand, and manage narcissistic high-conflict people: the manipulation, the blame-shifting, the predictable parenting problems, and the court and negotiation behaviors you can learn to see coming.
Your instructor
Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.
Co-founder & Chief Innovation Officer, High Conflict Institute
500,000+
professionals trained worldwide
Charm is the first move. Blame is the second.
A drive to be superior and feel powerful makes narcissistic clients and opposing parties charming, right up until they're not. They manipulate professionals, blame them for their own failures, and produce predictable parenting and negotiation problems. This course covers both halves: understanding the disorder, and managing it in and out of court, including when the narcissistic personality is another professional on the case.
Outcomes you'll bring back from Narcissistic Personalities in Family Law.
- Understand narcissistic personality disorder as it presents in family law.
- Recognize how narcissists manipulate professionals and shift blame for their failures.
- Spot the pattern early in a case, before it reshapes the file.
- Anticipate predictable parenting behavior problems and court behaviors.
- Manage narcissistic clients and narcissistic opposing parties in court and negotiation.
- Deal with narcissistic professionals involved in a case.
Who Narcissistic Personalities in Family Law is built for.
Attorneys
Keep control of the case when charm and blame are working on you too.
Counselors & Therapists
Clinical context for clients divorcing (or being divorced by) a narcissist.
Judges
See past courtroom charm to the underlying pattern.
Parenting Coordinators
Manage the superiority battles that outlast the decree.
Mediators
Structure negotiations a narcissistic party can't dominate.
GALs & Visitation Supervisors
Recognize image-management versus actual parenting.
How Narcissistic Personalities in Family Law is delivered.
Two hours on-demand in two parts: Part 1, understanding narcissistic personalities in divorce. Part 2, dealing with them as clients and opposing parties.
- 2-hour video course — Understanding the disorder, then managing it, with case examples in and out of court.
- PowerPoint PDF — Downloadable slides to keep as a reference.
- Certificate of Completion — 2 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.
Narcissistic Personalities in Family Law — frequently asked questions.
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