The New Ways for Families® Professional Guidebook:

Is for mental health professionals (counselors) who want to learn more about New Ways for Families or use the method with their clients. Also helpful for judges, lawyers, mediators and collaborative divorce professionals. It is designed to be used with the New Ways for Families® training modules, including: By learning small skills in small steps, parents will learn to better communicate, manage their emotions, and make decisions that are in the best interest of their child. New Ways for Families is currently available in five models:

1. Counseling Model
2. Basic Collaborative Divorce
3. Decision Skills Class
4. Pre-Mediation Coaching
5. Online 12-hour class (can be used for parent education or high-conflict intervention)

The Professional Guidebook in either downloadable PDF or hard copy is required for the New Ways for Families® Counselor Training. If you purchase via the form to the right, you will receive a separate email with the downloadable PDF. 

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Prefer a Hard copy - please order via this link HERE - You will have options to purchase other books with this link.

This Guidebook can not be used alone - Used in conjunction with the Training and to use with clients in the Counselling Method of New Ways for Families® 

Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.
New Ways for Families was developed by Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq., HCI’s co-founder. He pioneered the High Conflict Personality Theory (HCP) and has become an expert on managing disputes involving people with high conflict personalities. He was the Senior Family Mediator at the National Conflict Resolution Center for 15 years, a Certified Family Law Specialist lawyer representing clients in family court for 15 years, and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker therapist with twelve years’ experience. He serves on the faculty of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law in California and is a Conjoint Associate Professor with the University of Newcastle Law School in Australia. He has been a speaker and trainer in over 30 U.S. states and 10 countries and is the author or co-author of sixteen books (as of 2020) and has a popular blog on the Psychology Today website with over 4.0 million views.

Questions?

Please email us at newways@highconflictinstitute