Bullying is rarely about you. It is often high-conflict individuals who project their internal traumas onto others. Whether the threats are physical or verbal, the goal is to create an environment of fear and intimidation. If you’ve been targeted, remember that you don't have to face it alone. There are effective ways to de-escalate these situations and professional resources available to help you.

To explore how to respond to a high-conflict person, Harvesting Happiness Podcast Host Lisa Cypers Kamen continues her conversation with Billy Eddy, a licensed clinical social worker, attorney, author, and co-founder and Training Director of the High Conflict Institute.

As part of his series of de-escalation techniques for relationships, Bill Eddy shares successful strategies for setting limits with toxic people and navigating high-conflict personalities, as well as self-care methods from his book, SLIC Solutions for Conflict: Setting Limits and Imposing Consequences in 2½ Steps.

BIFF Response Bill Eddy—How to Respond to a High-Conflict Person:

• CARS de-escalation techniques in relationships. {2:35}
• BIFF Response works when responding to hostility. {7:18}
• When to outsource support while navigating high-conflict personalities. {17:43}
• Methods for how to respond to a high-conflict person. {24:08}

Meet Our Guest:

Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq., is a lawyer, therapist, mediator, best-selling author, and co-founder and Training Director of the High Conflict Institute. He pioneered High-Conflict Personality (HCP) Theory and has become an international expert on managing disputes involving high-conflict personalities and personality disorders. His decades of experience spanning family law, clinical social work, and mediation give him a uniquely multidimensional lens on some of the most challenging human dynamics we face. He is the author of twenty books.

“Sometimes we need to know when to say when and walk away.” – Lisa Cypers Kamen

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