Hostage Negotiations with the Empathy Impaired & Psychopaths

This two-day negotiation classis for police crisis (hostage) negotiators who have already passed a 40-hour basic certification course. Day one will review basic (active listening) and advanced (influence and persuasion) negotiator skills and will use callout debriefings from the instructor’s experience as examples. Day two will cover the advanced topics of negotiating with different psychiatric conditions and will focus on negotiating with those who are personality disordered and/or empathy impaired. A 15-hour hostage standoff debriefing from the instructor’s experience will serve as an example.

Topics:

• Review of negotiator competencies – active listening, influence & persuasion, and coaching
• Negotiating with the depressed or suicidal
• Negotiating with the psychotic
• Negotiating as a team
• Review of psychiatric conditions
• Review of personality disorders
• Review of negotiating strategies for the empathy impaired
• Callout review – 15-hour hostage standoff