Episode 17: A Conversation With Therapist Bill Eddy About Dealing With High-Conflict Personalities

Bill Eddy, is an author, therapist, lawyer, and mediator, and the co-founder of the High Conflict Institute, which provides training for managing high-conflict disputes and high-conflict personalities. Bill has trained professionals and companies 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; 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; 5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life, and Why We Elect Narcissists and Sociopaths—And How We Can Stop!

In our conversation today, Bill and I talk about how you can identify someone with a high-conflict personality, what are the different types of personality disorders that coincide with high conflict personalities, and some super tips on how to deal with these types of people at work and in our personal lives.