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  • Tips for Attorneys Dealing with High Conflict Clients
    Tips for Attorneys Dealing with High Conflict Clients

    As a litigation attorney, I know that I will have to spend a significant portion of my time on high-conflict cases in which the opposing party is high-conflict and/or the opposing attorney is ...

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  • 5 Ways to Identify Narcissistic Neighbors and Other High-Conflict Neighbors
    5 Ways to Identify Narcissistic Neighbors and Other High-Conflict Neighbors

    Over time, as a litigation attorney who regularly deals with high-conflict situations in divorce, real estate and even, business transactions, I’ve had to learn a lot about these high-conflict people. ...

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  • 5 Lessons I've Learned Post-Toxic Marriage
    5 Lessons I've Learned Post-Toxic Marriage

    I am writing this blog from a place of gratitude. I never thought that my marriage to a narcissist, whom I suspect is also on the anti-social personality spectrum, would ever lead me to a place of ...

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  • What to Know About Restraining Orders (
    What to Know About Restraining Orders ("Protective Orders") in Virginia Divorce

    Virginia judges and magistrates have the authority to issue protective orders to ensure the health and safety of abuse survivors. The legal basis for the court’s authority to do this is found in the ...

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  • Child Custody and Parental Alienation Syndrome When Divorcing a Narcissist
    Child Custody and Parental Alienation Syndrome When Divorcing a Narcissist

    A Historical Overview of Parental Alienation Syndrome in Child Custody Battles Almost 35 years ago, a psychiatrist named Dr. Richard Gardner, developed a theory as to how a child, typically in the ...

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  • 5 Things to Know About Attachment Theory and Parenting When Divorcing a Narcissist
    5 Things to Know About Attachment Theory and Parenting When Divorcing a Narcissist

    Studies have shown that spouses and significant others of those with narcissistic personality disorder, those with a high degree of narcissistic traits, or any other type of Cluster B ...

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