Understanding and Dealing With Sociopaths in Family Law Cases: The Con Artists of Divorce
Sociopaths have the drive to dominate others, disregard the law, lack remorse, and are skilled at lying and conning. They fool professionals on a regular basis, including in family law cases. Learn how to identify, understand, and manage them in this video series.
The first half of this course provides a basic understanding of the dynamics of sociopaths (aka antisocial personality disorder), why people fall in love with them, why professionals are easily conned by them, their frequent abusive behavior, and the types of false allegations they frequently make against clients and professionals.
The second half of the course addresses managing clients with antisocial traits, dealing with sociopaths as the opposing party, investigating the case, presenting such a case in family court, negotiation, and mediation, and protecting yourself when necessary. Case examples will be given for dealing with sociopaths in and out of court.
Course Outline Part 1: Understanding Sociopaths (Antisocial Personalities) in Divorce Part 2: Dealing with Sociopaths (Antisocial Personalities) in Divorce
2 activities • 2 videos • duration: 2h 3m
Understanding & Managing High Conflict Legal Disputes
Bill Eddy is a pioneer in high-conflict personality theory and one of the most influential voices in modern conflict resolution. As a lawyer, mediator, therapist, and bestselling author of more than 30 books, he developed widely used tools including The CARS Method®, BIFF Response®, EAR Statements™, and the New Ways® series. His work is used across workplaces, courts, healthcare, government, and human services around the world. Bill’s integrated mental health and legal expertise continues to shape HCI’s research-driven methods for managing all levels of conflict. He also co-hosts the podcast It’s All Your Fault!
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Very informative and use of real-life examples was hugely helpful.
Yes, was good. Already know a lot of this but good to hear a few tips about handling anti-social PD clients.
The speaker was engaging and had lots of great examples from his practice.
