Acknowledgements

About the Authors

Preface

Introduction

 Part I: High-Conflict Divorce:
Who Gets Hurt? Why Does it Happen?  

Chapter 1 - Who Gets Hurt When Parents Fight? 

Chapter 2 - Why Do People Have High Conflict Divorces?

Part II: Patterns of Dysfunction in High-Conflict Divorces

Chapter 3 - Pattern 1: Children in the Middle

Chapter 4 - Pattern 2: Parents Claiming 
Parental Alienation Syndrome

Chapter 5 - Pattern 3: Parents Who Remarry 

Chapter 6 - Pattern 4: Substance-Abusing Parents   

Chapter 7 - Pattern 5: Accusations of Mental Illness   

Chapter 8 - Pattern 6: Disempowered Parents.

Part III: Understanding the Context of High-Conflict Divorce

 Chapter 9 - Dysfunction in the Court System:  
Attorneys and Judges

Chapter 10 - Dysfunction in the Mental Health System: Psychological Assessments 

Chapter 11 -  The Role of Therapists in High-Conflict Divorces  

Part IV: Making Changes in High-Conflict Divorces

Chapter 12 - Which Interventions Work and Which Don't?

Chapter 13 - Mediation

Chapter 14 - Parent Coordination for High-Conflict Divorces

 Chapter 15 - ADEPT: A Court -Based Group Treatment Program for High-Conflict Divorces

Chapter 16 - The High-Conflict Treatment Team

Chapter 17- A Final Word on Working with 
High-Conflict Divorce Couples

 Bibliography

Index