SUMMARY OF CONTENTS
PART I: DYNAMICS OF THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP
CH 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 A Beginning: Natalie and Joseph
1.2 Purpose of This Handbook
1.3 For the Benefit of Both Attorneys and Clients
1.4 Difficult?
1.5 The Challenge of the Difficult Client
1.6 A Note About Who’s Who
1.7 How to Use This Handbook
CH 2: THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP AS TWO EXPERIENCES: ATTORNEY AND CLIENT
2.1 Before the First Appointment
2.2 The First Appointment: Power
2.3 The Beginning: Natalie and Joseph
2.4 Legal Counseling at Different Phases of the Legal Process
2.5 Normal Challenges with an Easy Client: Cassandra and David
PART II: MASKED DIFFICULTIES: DEALING WITH PROBLEM BEHAVIOR THROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF POTENTIAL UNDERLYING CAUSESCH 3: THE DELAYING, PROCRASTINATING CLIENT
3.1 The Attorney’s Experience
3.2 Possible Difficulty: Incompatibility in the Emotional and Legal Stages of Divorce
3.3 Possible Difficulty: Depression and Substance Abuse
3.4 Possible Difficulty: Inability to Organize
3.5 Organizing for Problem Prevention
CH 4: THE CHANGING CLIENT
4.1 The Attorney’s Experience
4.2 Possible Difficulty: Receiving Advice From Others
4.3 Possible Difficulty: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Perfectionism—Can’t See the Forest for the Trees
4.4 Possible Difficulty: Dissociation
CH 5: THE INTENSELY EXPRESSIVE CLIENT
5.1 The Attorney’s Experience
5.2 Possible Difficulty: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
5.3 Possible Difficulty: Histrionics
5.4 Possible Difficulty: Cultural Differences
CH 6: THE ANGRY CLIENT
6.1 The Attorney’s Experience
6.2 Possible Difficulty: Miscommunication
6.3 Possible Difficulty: Anger Control Problems
6.4 Possible Difficulty: Reactive Response Exacerbated by Physical or Emotional Problems
6.5 Angry Outbursts in the Courtroom or Other Public Places
PART III: WARNING LABELSCH 7: ANXIETY AND STRESS REACTIONS
7.1 Extreme Anxiety
7.2 Obsessive Compulsive Behaviors
7.3 Types of Anxiety, Their Impact on the Legal Process, and Intervention Techniques
7.4 Stress Reactions
CH 8: DEPRESSION AND MANIC DEPRESSION
8.1 Depression
8.2 Manic Depression
CH 9: VICTIMIZED AND TRAUMATIZED
9.1 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
9.2 Dissociative Behaviors
9.3 Dissociative Identity Disorder / Multiple Personality Disorder
9.4 Trauma, Dissociation, and Multiple Personality Disorder
9.5 Impact on the Legal Process and Intervention Techniques
CH 10: OFF BALANCE: ADJUSTING TO CHANGE
10.1 Adjustment Disorders
10.2 Adjustment Reactions
CH 11: BRAINS THAT WON’T WORK RIGHT
11.1 Learning Disabilities
11.2 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
11.3 Minor Brain Injuries
CH 12: PROBLEM PERSONALITIES
12.1 Dynamics of Personality
12.2 Types of Personality Disorders
12.3 Paranoid Personality
12.4 Schizoid Personality
12.5 Schizotypal Personality
12.6 Avoidant Personality
12.7 Dependent Personality
12.8 Obsessive Compulsive Personality
CH 13: THE BIG FOUR PROBLEM PERSONALITIES
13.1 Antisocial Personality Disorder
13.2 Borderline Personality
13.3 Histrionic Personality
13.4 Narcissistic Personality
CH 14: ANGER, RAGE, VIOLENCE
14.1 Putting Anger in Perspective
14.2 Understanding and Preventing Client Anger
14.3 Anger Escalation
14.4
14.5 Violent Behaviors
14.6 After the Crisis Stage: Cutting Losses
14.7 Dealing with Group Agitation and Anger
PART IV: COORDINATION WITH A THERAPISTCH 15: TO USE OR NOT TO USE A THERAPIST, AND WHEN AND HOW
15.1 Benefits of Therapeutic Involvement
15.2 Contraindications to Therapy
15.3 Referrals
15.4 Confidentiality
15.5 Collaborations with Therapists
15.6 The Consulting Therapist
PART V: LEGAL INTERVENTIONSCH 16: ACCOMMODATIONS AND ADVOCACY
