Defusing the 
High-Conflict Divorce

Bernard Gaulier, Ph.D., Judith Margerum, Ph.D., 
Jerome A. Price, M.A., James Windell, M.A.

“This is a book packed with anecdotal and practical applications... a helpful resource and readable book for professionals in all disciplines who may find themselves involved in helping to turn around a potentially high-conflict divorce into a healing and empowering process in which all members of the family are able to receive the support and help they need.”

The Family Journal  
April 2008, Volume 16:2    

"For the reader with little experience in the field of working with divorcing couples, this book is a great introduction to the more difficult aspects of the field. For a more experienced reader, the book reminds us of the issues that high-conflict divorce raises... useful to anyone who is working with a high-conflict couple dealing with long-standing issues."

— PsycCRITIQUES - APA Review of Books  
 October  2007, Vol. 52, Release 41, Article 12  

"A must read for every attorney, judge, mediator and everyone in the mental health field. This book is a clear, concise guide for all professionals working with high-conflict divorce as well as for all those going through a divorce themselves. Much can be learned about the dysfunctions in the court system and in the mental health system and about what really works."

— Cloe Madanes  
Author, Sex, Love and Violence and  
The Secret Meaning of Money   

"Defusing the High-Conflict Divorce is not only an excellent work but a badly needed work. The topics are very timely and it will be of great assistance to attorneys, judges, behavioral specialists and parents. I particularly like the section on 'Which Interventions Work and Which Don't?' It will go a long way toward protecting children and helping us all realize that children come first."

— Eugene Arthur Moore, Judge of Probate  
Circuit Court of the County of Oakland, Michigan  

"This thoughtful, trenchant, and compassionate approach… will be of enormous assistance not only to therapists, but to attorneys, judges, and other professionals involved with divorce-related matters… Numerous ways to …enable both generations, parents and children, to recover from the pain of the past, and to chart a more civil, healthy and respectful path into the future."

"This marvelous guide... is organized around major sections that address the fundamental issue of why people have high-conflict divorces, patterns of dysfunction in high-conflict divorces, understanding the legal and mental health context of the problem, and the most critical section, successful interventions that teach therapeutic professionals how best to get involved and assist those caught up in the rancor of difficult divorces.