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August 21, 2017
Question from Reader: Have I been angry too long?
We received an excellent question from one of our followers: How do you know if you’ve been angry for too long? Here is our response: Dear Recovering, You have asked what is considered a normal time to recover from a … Continue reading →
August 7, 2017
Why Trump Can’t Learn
Once again, today’s news raises issues that I addressed a year ago regarding candidate Donald Trump. It amazes me how many people expect change and improvement from those who demonstrate the four key high-conflict personality characteristics: all-or-nothing thinking, unmanaged emotions, … Continue reading →
July 31, 2017
Negative Advocates for Trump
Negative Advocates for Trump © 2017 Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. With all the Trump White House changes going on the past week, I thought it might be appropriate to explain the concept of Negative Advocates, and how it might help … Continue reading →
July 10, 2017
Handling Probate Cases with Toxic Families
“All families are psychotic. Everybody has basically the same family, it’s just reconfigured slightly from one to the next.” –Douglas Copeland While probate cases can involve banks and charities, most often they involve family members and friends. “Probate” is used … Continue reading →
July 5, 2017
Stress Test for Democracy: Part 3 of 3: The Importance of the Narrative
© 2017 Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. The 4th of July seems like a good time to write about democracy. In this series of three blogs, I am trying to analyze how a democracy could be replaced by an authoritarian government … Continue reading →
June 28, 2017
Stress Test for Democracy: Part 2 of 3: Authoritarian Personalities
Stress Test for Democracy: Part 2 of 3: Authoritarian Personalities ©2017 Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. Two weeks ago, I suggested that Donald Trump may have authoritarian tendencies (that’s not a mental health diagnosis, which I will refrain from attempting) and … Continue reading →
June 13, 2017
STRESS TEST FOR DEMOCRACY: Part 1 of 3: History
STRESS TEST FOR DEMOCRACY: Part 1 of 3: History © 2017 Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. The past two weeks I have been traveling in Europe. Almost everyone I have met in Europe (briefly visiting 10 countries) wants to talk about … Continue reading →
May 31, 2017
Structure, Skills & Less Stress: How Courts Can Provide Structure for Learning New Skills
Structure, Skills & Less Stress: How Courts can Provide Structure for Learning New Skills Excerpt from The Future of Family Court: Structure, Skills and Less Stress, Chapter 3: Structure & Accountability, by Bill Eddy How should high-conflict cases be handled … Continue reading →
May 19, 2017
Question from Reader: When to let go of insight as a reasonable objective?
We received the following question from a reader. All our methods focus on behavior change moving forward rather than focusing on past bad behavior – as high conflict people don’t have the skills to self-reflect. So, as therapists and other … Continue reading →
May 15, 2017
Seminars in London and Greece
Seminars in London and Greece © 2017 Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. I just spent a week giving four days of seminars in London and then a full day in Thessaloniki, Greece. Both trainings were hosted by ADR-ODR International, a new … Continue reading →
