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January 13, 2012

Rethinking Female Sociopathy, Part Two

In Rethinking Female Sociopathy, Part One, I went through a comprehensive list of sociopathic traits based on psychologists Hervey Cleckley’s and Robert Hare’s psychopathy checklists. For every single item mentioned, I can think of a real life example that every one of my clients has suffered. Are these men’s wives, girlfriends and exes sociopaths? Maybe, […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Accountability, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Blame, Borderline Personality Disorder, Custody, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Financial Abuse, High-Conflict, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Legal, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Negative Advocates, Parental Alienation, Personality Disorders, Physical Abuse, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Rage Tagged With: abuse, abused men, abusive women, antisocial personality disorder, ASPD, Bernie Madoff, borderline personality disorder, BPD, Casey Anthony, entitlement, exploitation, female sociopaths, female sociopathy, Fiona Donnison, Hervey Cleckley, histrionic personality disorder, HPD, Kelli Lynn Murphy, narcissistic personality disorder, NPD, Robert Hare, Theresa Riggi

November 10, 2010

Why Some High-Conflict Personality Disordered Women Kill

Last week’s article Theresa Riggi Kills Her Children in Bitter Divorce Battle: Does She Have a Personality Disorder? asks the question what makes the unthinkable thinkable for some high-conflict people (HCPs) and/or some individuals with personality disorders? Why do some cross the line and commit murder, while others are content to perpetrate psychological violence like […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Divorce, Domestic Violence, High-Conflict, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Legal, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Negative Advocates, Personality Disorders, Physical Abuse, Professional Victims, Rage Tagged With: abuse, antisocial personality disorder, Betty Broderick, Borderline Personality Disorder, domestic violence, Elaine Campione, empathy, high-conflict people, Leisa Jones, narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, negative advocates, selective empathy, splitting, Theresa Riggi, violent women, women killers

November 3, 2010

Theresa Riggi Kills Her Children in Bitter Divorce Battle: Does She Have a Personality Disorder?

US citizen, Theresa Riggi, was charged for the murder of her three young children in Scotland in early August 2010. She stabbed her 8-year old twin sons and 5-year old daughter to death before trying to kill herself by jumping from her apartment balcony; Theresa Riggi survived. The triple homicide occurred near the end of […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Custody, Divorce, Domestic Violence, High-Conflict, Legal, News, Parental Alienation, Personality Disorders, Physical Abuse, Rage Tagged With: abuse, abusive women, child abuse, divorce, emotional abuse, murder, narcissistic abuse, parental alienation, personality disorders, Theresa Riggi, William Eddy

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