Why do so many of us commit to the wrong person - sometimes more than once? While most believe that attraction and compatibility are the keys to relationship success, in reality these are red flags in 15-20% of the population. When it comes to love, the brain is irrational and short-sighted. We make decisions based on incomplete information, biased.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Who is a High-Conflict Person? (and Why Should You Avoid Committing to One?)
Chapter 2: What Jams Your Radar?
Chapter 3: What are Your Blindspots?
Chapter 4: "Don't Kiss a Narcissist"
Chapter 5: "Don't be Blindsided by a Borderline"
Chapter 6: "Don't be Seduced by a Sociopath"
Chapter 7: "Don't Hook Up with a Histrionic"
Chapter 8: "Other High-Conflict Issues to Watch For"
Chapter 9: Splitting Up
Chapter 10: Fine-Tuning Your Dating Radar
Bill Eddy is an award-winning author, lawyer, therapist, mediator and the President of High Conflict Institute. He developed the "High Conflict Personality" theory (HCP Theory) and is an international expert on managing high-conflict disputes. As an attorney, Bill is a Certified Family Law Specialist in California and the Senior Family Mediator at the National Conflict Resolution Center in San Diego. Prior to becoming an attorney in 1992, he was a Licensed Clinical Social worker with twelve years? experience providing therapy to children, adults, couples and families in psychiatric hospitals and outpatient clinics. He has taught Negotiation and Mediation at the University of San Diego School of Law for six years and he is on the part-time faculty of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law and the National Judicial College.
Megan Hunter, MBA, is an author, speaker, and expert on high-conflict disputes and complicated relationships. She is CEO of Unhooked Media, a U.S.-based media company focused on relationship and conflict revolution through print, digital and the spoken word. She is publisher at High Conflict Institute Press and its imprint Unhooked Books and co-founder of the High Conflict Institute. She is a frequent guest on Sirius XM Satellite's The Doctor Show (psychiatry) with Dr. Michael Aronoff. Megan trains legal, mental health, business, leadership groups, universities and other professionals across the U.S., Canada, South Africa, and Australia. She has strong policy and judicial training experience during her tenure at the Arizona Supreme Court and as a member of the Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners. She currently serves as "We Got This" Brand Manager of the Black Sheep Project, and on the Advisory Board of the Personality Disorder Awareness Network.
Unbooked Books
Target Age: 12-18
Pub Date: August 22, 2017
0.8" H x 8.5" L x 5.5" W
238 pages
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