Ryan Kelly Attends Webinar on Navigating Cases with Narcissistic Behaviors
During high conflict family law cases, there are often serious challenging narcissistic behaviors exhibited by the parties involved. This creates significant challenges for attorneys, mental health professionals and judges. In an effort to address this challenge Our Family Wizard, an app for co-parenting, hosted a webinar to help those involved in these types of cases.
There were several key takeaways from this webinar, which Ryan has found useful to add to her legal toolbox. Primarily this webinar focused on recognizing key narcissistic behaviors, as well as implementing trauma-informed legal approaches. Specifically, it covered in depth how narcissistic traits manifest themselves in family law proceedings. This included things such as gaslighting, scapegoating, manipulation and a lack of empathy for others. When involved in family law proceedings, these often add another layer of confusion and difficulty to cases, especially when trying to discover the truth.
Once these behaviors were discussed in detail, the webinar explained how to use this knowledge to manage family law cases. It went into detail about the psychological dynamics of these cases, as well as strategies for the courtroom including unique approaches to crafting legal and therapeutic interventions in order to mitigate the negative effects of these narcissistic behaviors. Ryan was grateful for the webinar and is excited to implement the knowledge gained in furthering her success as a high conflict family law attorney.
