APFM BOOKCLUB Participate in the Academy of Professional Family Mediators Bookclub! Our first tele-meeting will be on May 23, 2011 at 1:00 pm (EST).  To participate, simply call (218) 936-4141, then enter code 8426638 when prompted. Please exercise teleconference curtesy …
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In this Issue: 7 SOLUTIONS TO WORKPLACE SPLITTING: How High-Conflict People Divide Organizations JUST RELEASED! The Future of Family Court Bill Eddy’s new book NEW WAYS FOR FAMILIES TRAINING June 25-26 BPD MONTH Get 33% off all Books about Borderline …
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By Bill Eddy, LCSW, ESQ Different Needs at Different Ages Birth to age 5:Generally, this is a period when children need lots of stability and “secure attachment” experiences, which are best provided by one parent having the majority of the …
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by Bill Eddy, LCSW, ESQ Agreed-Upon Schedules In reality, as a lawyer, counselor, mediator and consultant, I have worked with many parents who use shared parenting schedules that are approximately 50-50. However, these are determined by the parents by agreement, …
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by Bill Eddy, LCSW, ESQ May, 2012 A controversial issue today in family law is whether there should be a presumption that parents should have equal shared parenting time after a separation or divorce. I just returned from speaking for …
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I just returned from Minnesota where I had the opportunity to speak for two days to over one hundred family law judges and their law clerks about understanding and managing high-conflict parents in separation and divorce. It was a very …
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The Future of Family Court STRUCTURE, SKILLS AND LESS STRESS Bill Eddy, LCSW, CFLS Author of Managing High Conflict People in Court   Disorders in the Court THIS BOOK IS DESIGNED FOR family court judicial officers, although I realize it …
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by Megan Hunter, High Conflict Press and UnHooked Books Celebrity Apprentice isn’t for everyone, but I enjoy watching people work in groups, especially celebrities. Thinking back to business school days, I recall the concept of Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing, …
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Last week I had three training days, two in Iowa and one in Wisconsin. In Iowa, the first day I focused on Legal Disputes and the second day I focused on Managers and Mediators – including several practice exercises.  It’s …
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I just saw the movie “Bully,” and I thought about how different school bus rides are for today’s kids. One boy was repeatedly hit, pushed and poked by several of the other kids on his bus. This was all recorded …
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Several years ago I wrote an article on Calming the Alienation Debate, which later evolved into my book titled Don’t Alienate the Kids! Raising Resilient Children While Avoiding High Conflict Divorce. Now, it seems that the debate is just about …
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© 2012 by Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. Whether you are a lawyer, counselor, manager or other professional, you are likely to be involved in mediation regularly or occasionally. Legal professionals are required to have their clients participate in mediation before …
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In this issue: Pre-Mediation Coaching:     4 Skills for Your Mediation Clients By Bill Eddy Where Are The Elders?    The Need for Directive Counseling with High Conflict Separations & Divorces    By Dr. Stephen Carter Announcing the Academy of Professional Mediators    …
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On Tuesday March 29, I did a seminar with about 35 mediators in Bellevue, Washington (just outside of Seattle). It was just an evening, but we really delved into the issues of High Conflict Mediation – my theme for March …
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This spring, a new organization was born: the Academy of Professional Family Mediators. We are seeking founding members. I am on the board of APFM, along with a dozen other highly experienced family mediators (several with nearly 30 years in …
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Thursday and Friday (March 30 and 31, 2012) I gave a 2-day training to 34 experienced family mediators, police officers and other professionals – who regularly deal with high conflict clients in mediation. It was similar to the training that …
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Last week I had the opportunity to train 35 mediators, lawyers, counselors and workplace professionals in mediating high-conflict disputes in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It was very rewarding to work with such an experienced and interested group. The theme of …
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On March 7th, I spoke to about 140 family law professionals in Austin Texas, at the beautiful historic Green Pastures restaurant. It was a luncheon meeting, but I tried to squeeze in about three hours of information about handling high …
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On March 5-6, I gave a seminar to over 40 counselors, lawyers, parent educators and others working with high-conflict divorce cases. There was probably a thousand years’ combined experience in the room, which produced a lot of good questions and …
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By Bill Eddy, LCSW, ESQ   BEFORE YOU GO TO COURT • Make Sure You Have Realistic Expectations In Court, the judge or jury will never really know what is going on in your case. The Court’s job is to …
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