Episode 17: A Conversation With Therapist Bill Eddy About Dealing With High-Conflict Personalities
Bill Eddy, LCSW, JD, is a lawyer and therapist, and the Training Director of the High Conflict Institute, which provides training for managing high-conflict disputes and high-conflict personalities. He’s also a Mediator at the National Conflict Resolution Center in San Diego. Bill has trained professionals in the US and internationally and has written several books on high-conflict personalities at work and at home, including High Conflict People in Legal Disputes, 2nd Ed; Splitting: Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone with Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder; It’s All Your Fault at Work: Managing Narcissists and Other High-Conflict Personalities; Dating Radar; 5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life, and Why We Elect Narcissists and Sociopaths—And How We Can Stop!
In Episode 17, Bill and Sarah talk about how you can identify someone with a high-conflict personality, what are the different types of personality disorders that fall under the umbrella of high-conflict personalities, and some tips on how to deal with these types of people at work and in our personal lives.
