BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//National Association of Divorce Professionals - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:National Association of Divorce Professionals X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://thenadp.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for National Association of Divorce Professionals REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T130000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130908 CREATED:20230508T213054Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251017T232834Z UID:10001728-1761048000-1761051600@thenadp.com SUMMARY:Monthly Member Meeting | Recognizing The Abuser’s Playbook - A Guide for Divorce Professionals DESCRIPTION:Approved for:1 General CLE Credit1 Marital and Family Law Certification Credit \n\n\n\nHigh-conflict spouses aren’t just “difficult. ” Many use a calculated playbook of manipulation\, coercive control\, and legal system abuse to maintain power long after separation. In this eye-opening session\, divorce coach and journalist Amy Polacko\, co-author of FRAMED: Women in the Family Court Underworld\, exposes the hidden tactics abusers use to discredit\, exhaust\, and financially drain their partners. Drawing on both research and real-world coaching experience\, Amy equips professionals with the tools to spot these red flags early and respond effectively—protecting clients and safeguarding the integrity of the process. This presentation goes beyond the surface of “high-conflict divorce” to help professionals recognize patterns of coercive control that are often missed in courtrooms\, mediation rooms and even therapeutic settings. Attendees will walk away with a deeper understanding of how to support survivors\, avoid professional blind spots\, and prevent being used as unwitting pawns in the abuser’s game. \n\n\n\nKey Takeaways: \n\n\n\n\nHow coercive control manifests in divorce and custody cases\n\n\n\nThe most common tactics from “The Abuser’s Playbook” (gaslighting\, DARVO\, legal abuse\, financial sabotage\, using children as pawns)\n\n\n\nProfessional blind spots that allow abusers to manipulate the system\n\n\n\nPractical strategies for protecting and supporting survivors in family court and beyond\n\n\n\nWhy reframing “high-conflict divorce” is critical to helping victims get justice\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio:  \n\n\n\nAmy Polacko is a Freedom Warrior — a divorce coach\, journalist and survivor who turned personal trauma into a mission to help women reclaim their power. A former investigative TV reporter\, Amy has exposed corruption\, chased down criminals and earned prestigious honors like the Edward R. Murrow and Associated Press Awards. She was part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team that covered the TWA Flight 800 crash. \n\n\n\nBut it was surviving a narcissistic relationship — and navigating a broken system — that ignited her real calling. \n\n\n\nNow an award-winning writer and sought-after divorce coach\, Amy empowers women to become the CEO of their own divorce. She’s coached hundreds through toxic relationships and writes for national outlets on coercive control\, domestic abuse\, singlehood and family court. Her bylines appear in HuffPost\, The Washington Post\, The NY Daily News\, Newsweek\, NBC News THINK\, The Independent\, New York Observer\, and Ms. magazine. \n\n\n\nAmy also co-authored the groundbreaking book FRAMED: Women in the Family Court Underworld — an unflinching exposé of the gender bias women face in our courts. \n\n\n\nA dynamic public speaker and seasoned interviewer\, Amy brings both fire and empathy to her work. 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