06/11/2025
Looking forward to Bill Eddys talk on June 18
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𝗔𝗣𝗙𝗠'𝗦 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿: 𝟭𝟮 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗺 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗘𝗱𝗱𝘆
High conflict disputes are different from other conflicts. They often involve one or more individuals with a pattern of high-conflict behavior, and are characterized by all-or-nothing thinking, unmanaged emotions, extreme behavior, and preoccupation with blaming others.
Bill Eddy will explain some of the paradigm shifts necessary for dealing with high-conflict cases, to manage the process by bringing out the parties’ thinking skills rather than their reactive behavior, using a method called New Ways for Mediation®.
In particular, Bill wwill discuss how this method helps the parties ask questions (instead of making demands), make their own agenda (with mediator assistance), make proposals and ask respectful questions about the other’s proposals (with mediator assistance), and make their final decisions (with mediator assistance).
Ultimately, this approach structures the parties for success and keeps them focused on problem-solving solutions and away from venting, re-working the past, extreme demands, rigid positions, and other self-defeating behaviors. The skills for mediators in doing this are simple and less stressful than when using more traditional mediation skills. With this new method, the mediator serves primarily as a guide in the parties’ use of their own skills, and as a source of empathy and information throughout the process.
𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘:Wednesday, June 18, 2025
𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘: 12:00 Noon – 1:30 PM Eastern (9:00-10:30 AM Pacific)
𝗖𝗢𝗦𝗧: Free for APFM Members, $50 for Non-Members.
𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥: https://lnkd.in/d93WGJBy
