Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. — High-Conflict Coparenting Methodology¶
Family law attorney and licensed clinical social worker. Co-founded the High Conflict Institute. Developed the BIFF method and the broader "high-conflict personality" framework now widely used by family-court practitioners and coparenting coaches.
Key contributions¶
- BIFF Method — Brief, Informative, Friendly, Firm. The communication framework for responding to high-conflict coparenting messages without escalating or creating evidence against yourself. See /open-source/infographics/biff-method.png and /templates/coparenting-biff-responses.md.
- BIFF: Quick Responses to High-Conflict People (Unhooked Books) — short, practical book.
- Splitting: Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone with Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder (New Harbinger).
- High Conflict Institute training for family-court practitioners, parenting coordinators, and judges.
Where to find his work¶
- High Conflict Institute: https://www.highconflictinstitute.com/
- Books via Unhooked Books and New Harbinger.
- Free articles: https://www.highconflictinstitute.com/blog
Why he matters here¶
When the alienating parent's litigation tactic depends on you reacting to provocations, Eddy's BIFF framework is the operational counter-tactic. Coparenting apps (OurFamilyWizard, TalkingParents) are now structurally built around BIFF principles.
— Catalogued by Alan Markson · AntiAlienate.com · CC BY 4.0
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