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Do You Have A High-Conflict Or An Abuser In Your Life? 
According the High Conflict Institute:
"High conflict people have a pattern of high-conflict behavior that increases conflict rather than reducing or resolving it.  They will never play by the rules and their ability to recreate reality to fit their needs makes them a ruthless and dangerous person to ever go to battle against."
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 "The  good new it’s a predictable problem—and can be handled in most cases, if you understand it. Once you know some aspects of their pattern of behavior, you may be able to anticipate other problems that will arise and avoid them or prepare to respond to them". 
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Are You Ending A Relationship With A Covert Or Overt Sophisticated Abuser? 
Ending a relationship is never easy and is often one of the hardest and traumatic events in our lives.  When we find out that we are leaving a person who needs to win over all else, who has no empathy, and seems to always create conflict, it is time to get help.  
Once we realize that we are in a toxic and abusive situation, most survivors need to detox and heal to gain the strength to then fight a never-ending battle for survival.
Survivors are often overwhelmed and just want "out" so we are willing to sacrifice everything to regain peace and safety.  
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How Do You Feel? 
  • Do you feel crazy or overwhelmed?  Let's get educated! 
  • Do you need to learn how to communicate in a court-approved manner? 
  • Are you afraid you will be branded as the "high-conflict" party?
  • Do you know what to fight for and what to let go of?
  • What does "document everything" mean? Do you have a documentation system that works for you?
  • Are you preparing to meet with a child custody evaluator?
  • Are you worried about being accused of parental alienation - which is junk science -  or gatekeeping?
  • Are you looking for tools to help your children cope and to weather the storm?
  • ​Do you want to learn how to keep the costs of your lawyer down by getting organized?
  •  How to be an advocate for your children's safety and rights? ​​
“Divorce coaching is a flexible, goal-oriented process designed to support, motivate, and guide people going through divorce to help them make the best possible decisions for their future, based on their particular interests, needs, and concerns. Divorce coaches have different professional backgrounds and are selected based on the specific needs of the clients.”                                                                                                                                                                           -American Bar Association
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Kristal is a certified  high-conflict divorce coach by One Mom's Battle
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Tina Swithin survived a “Category Five Divorce Hurricane” while acting as her own attorney in a custody battle that turned her family’s life upside down from 2009- 2014.
Tina feels that it is incredibly important to reflect back on her journey and to examine how she fell into the clutches of a narcissist in the first place. It was during a therapy session in 2008 (towards the end of her marriage) that she first heard the term, “Narcissistic Personality Disorder,” and it was in that moment that her true journey began…all of the toxicity and abuse from her seven year marriage began to make sense. Her path to empowerment through education was bumpy but her faith guided her the entire way.
While divorces are never easy, Tina quickly learned that a divorce involving an individual with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) takes the term, “high-conflict” to a level that few can comprehend. In an effort to articulate what was happening in her family court case, Tina took shelter from the storm by chronicling her journey in her (now) internationally recognized blog, “One Mom’s Battle.” Tina’s little village grew to include thousands of people who all shared the same story. There were different variations and nuances but the common denominator was Narcissistic Personality Disorder along with other Cluster B Personality Disorders (antisocial personality disorder and borderline personality disorder).
Tina’s battle came to an end after almost six years when she walked out of the Family Court System with the one thing that she had dedicated her life to securing:  her daughters’ safety. Despite the fact that the odds were against her, Tina never gave up. She waded through the muddy waters of a courtroom that was filled with the lies, projection and manipulation. Tina prevailed when the courts revoked all visits and all contact between the children and their father based largely on emotional abuse — which is almost unheard of in family court.
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